Stimulatory effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles on visual sensitivity and electroretinography b-waves in the bullfrog eye

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1408-1415

  Wahid, Fazli ^a   Ul Islam, Mazhar ^a   Khan, Romana ^b   Khan, Taous ^b   Khattak, Waleed Ahmad ^a   Hwang, Kyung Hee ^a   Park, Jong Seok ^a   Chang, Su Chan ^a   Kim, You Young ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; Electroretinography; Eye research; Nanomaterials; Retina; Zinc oxide nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECORDINGS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; POLYCRYSTALLINE WURTZITE; RETINA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; B WAVE; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RANA CATESBEIANA; UP-REGULATION; VISION, OCULAR; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84880871799     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2013.1617     Document Type: Article

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