Discordant anatomical, electrophysiological, and visual behavioral profiles of retinal degeneration in rat models of retinal degenerative disease

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6232-6244

  McGill, Trevor J ^a   Prusky, Glen T ^b   Douglas, Robert M ^c   Yasumura, Douglas ^d   Matthes, Michael T ^d   Lowe, Robert J ^d,f   Duncan, Jacque L ^d   Yang, Haidong ^d   Ahern, Kelly ^d   Daniello, Kate M ^d   Silver, Byron ^e   LaVail, Matthew M ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE TRACKING; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; VISION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC RAT;

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MUTATION; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RHODOPSIN; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84871703534     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9569     Document Type: Article

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