L-Dopa and the Albino Riddle: Content of L-Dopa in the Developing Retina of Pigmented and Albino Mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Roffler Tarlov, Suzanne ^a   Liu, Jin Hong ^a   Naumova, Elena N ^b   Bernal Ayala, Maria Margarita ^a   Mason, Carol A ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; LEVODOPA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ALBINISM; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALBINISM; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; LEVODOPA; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROGENESIS; PREGNANCY; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EID: 84875117015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057184     Document Type: Article

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