Spatial frequency threshold and contrast sensitivity of an optomotor behavior are impaired in the Ins2 Akita mouse model of diabetes

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 601-605

  Akimov, Nikolay P ^a   Rentería, René C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diabetic retinopathy; Ins2 Akita mouse; Optokinetic response; Retina; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOINSULINEMIA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; OPTOMOTOR BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RETINA INJURY; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; INSULIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 81355160260     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.09.030     Document Type: Article

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