The visual system of zebrafish and its use to model human ocular Diseases

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 302-327

  Gestri, Gaia ^a   Link, Brian A ^b   Neuhauss, Stephan C F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior segment; Coloboma; Eye; Glaucoma; Holoprosencephaly; Lens; Myopia; Photoreceptor; Retina; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AP2 PROTEIN; CHX10 PROTEIN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR; PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CATARACT; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; COLOBOMA; CORNEA; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE DISEASE; GLAUCOMA; GLIA CELL; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOCORNEAL ANGLE; IRIS; LENS; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCLERA; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84856959269     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20919     Document Type: Article

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