Fundus autofluorescence and photoreceptor cell rosettes in mouse models

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5643-5652

  Flynn, Erin ^a   Ueda, Keiko ^a   Auran, Emily ^a   Sullivan, Jack M ^b,c,d   Sparrow, Janet R ^a,e  

^a Department of Ophthalmology Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d SUNY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisretinoid; Light; Lipofuscin; Retina; Retinal degeneration; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

BISRETINOID; LIPOFUSCIN; RETINOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RETINOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTER NUCLEAR LAYER THICKNESS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA CONE; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ANIMAL; BISRETINOID; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; EYE FUNDUS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MUTANT MOUSE STRAIN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION;

BISRETINOID; LIGHT; LIPOFUSCIN; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; LIPOFUSCIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINOIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84908083814     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14136     Document Type: Article

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