Optimization of in vivo confocal autofluorescence imaging of the ocular fundus in mice and its application to models of human retinal degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1066-1075

  Issa, Peter Charbel ^a   Singh, Mandeep S ^a   Lipinski, Daniel M ^a   Chong, Ngaihang V ^a   Delori, François C ^b   Barnard, Alun R ^a   MacLaren, Robert E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BLEACHING; CAMERA; CATARACT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RETINA DEGENERATION; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUORESCENCE; FUNDUS OCULI; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PUPIL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 84859913048     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8767     Document Type: Article

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