Functional and neurochemical development in the normal and degenerating mouse retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1251-1267

  Gibson, Riki ^a   Fletcher, Erica L ^a   Vingrys, Algis J ^a   Zhu, Yuan ^b   Vessey, Kirstan A ^a   Kalloniatis, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acid neurotransmitter; Electroretinogram; Immunocytochemistry; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYELID MOVEMENT; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTORECEPTOR; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 84874126009     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23284     Document Type: Article

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