Photoreceptor cells with profound structural deficits can support useful vision in mice

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1859-1866

  Thompson, Stewart ^a,b   Blodi, Frederick R ^a,b   Lee, Swan ^a,b   Welder, Chris R ^a,b   Mullins, Robert F ^a,b   Tucker, Budd A ^a,b   Stasheff, Steven F ^a,b   Stone, Edwin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mouse; Photoreceptor; Retinal degeneration; Stem cell; Visual behavior

Indexed keywords

PERIPHERIN; PERIPHERIN 2; RETINAL OUTER SEGMENT MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE TRACKING; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING AND MEMORY TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC RESPONSE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL WATER TASK; WHEEL RUNNING ASSAY;

MOUSE; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINAL DEGENERATION; STEM CELL; VISUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MALE; MICE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL OUTER SEGMENT; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84896916772     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13661     Document Type: Article

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