Selective photoreceptor degeneration by intravitreal injection of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1711-1723

  Rösch, Sarah ^a,b   Johnen, Sandra ^a   Mataruga, Anja ^c   Müller, Frank ^c   Pfarrer, Christiane ^b   Walter, Peter ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intravitreal injection; N methyl N nitrosourea; Photoreceptor degeneration; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINAL THICKNESS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

INTRAVITREAL INJECTION; N-METHYL-N-NITROSOUREA; PHOTORECEPTOR DEGENERATION; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MALE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84897884174     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13242     Document Type: Article

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