Amyloid precursor protein is required for normal function of the rod and cone pathways in the mouse retina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ho, Tracy ^a,b   Vessey, Kirstan A ^a   Cappai, Roberto ^a,b   Dinet, Virginie ^c,d,e   Mascarelli, Frédéric ^c,d,e   Ciccotosto, Giuseppe D ^a,b   Fletcher, Erica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA ROD; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM; 129 MOUSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

MUS;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855914378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029892     Document Type: Article

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