Loss of outer retinal neurons and circuitry alterations in the DBA/2J mouse

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6059-6072

  Fernández Sánchez, Laura ^a   De Sevilla Müller, Luis Pérez ^b   Brecha, Nicholas C ^b,c,d,e   Cuenca, NicoláS ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar cell; Glaucoma; Horizontal cell; Photoreceptor; Retinal degeneration; Synaptic triad

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNTAXIN 4; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA OUTER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINAL THICKNESS; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BIPOLAR CELL; C57BL MOUSE; DBA MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HORIZONTAL CELL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LIGHT; MUTANT MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC TRIAD;

BIPOLAR CELL; GLAUCOMA; HORIZONTAL CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SYNAPTIC TRIAD;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS;

EID: 84908109140     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14421     Document Type: Article

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