Long-term preservation of cone photoreceptors and visual acuity in rd10 mutant mice exposed to continuous environmental enrichment

Molecular Vision

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 1545-1556

  Barone, Ilaria ^a   Novelli, Elena ^b   Strettoi, Enrica ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RETINA S ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRUSKY WATER MAZE TEST; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OPSINS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL FACILITATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84908696173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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