Lenses from Brown-Norway pigmented rats are more tolerant to in vitro ultraviolet irradiation than lenses from Fischer-344 albino rats

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-183

  Löfgren, Stefan ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

albino; cataract; in vitro; lens; pigment; rat; ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN NORWAY RAT; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; FEMALE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84857728562     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01903.x     Document Type: Article

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