Visual pigments and opsin expression in the juveniles of three species of fish (rainbow trout, zebrafish, and killifish) following prolonged exposure to thyroid hormone or retinoic acid

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 98-117

  Suliman, Tarek ^a   Novales Flamarique, Iñigo ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Microspectrophotometry; Photoreceptor; Retina

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DEHYDRORETINOL; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIGAND; OPSIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; RETINOL; THYROID HORMONE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KILLIFISH; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAINBOW TROUT; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SALMONID; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMOLT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZEBRA FISH;

IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FUNDULIDAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OPSINS; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THYROID HORMONES; TRETINOIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84888228487     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23391     Document Type: Article

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