Retinal Degeneration

ISBN-13: 9780306445705 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 365 str.

Robert E. Anderson; Joe G. Hollyfield; Matthew M. Lavail

Opis

Proceedings of the Symposium on Retinal Degeneration, held in Costa Smeralda, Sardinia in September 1992 as a satellite meeting of the 10th International Congress of Eye Research. The volume is divided into four sections: the macula, aging, and macular degeneration (six papers); retinitis pigmentosi

Spis treści

The Macula, Aging and Macular Degeneration: Lipofuscin in Aged and AMD Eyes (C.D. Dorey et al.). Retinoid Reaction Products in AgeRelated Retinal Degeneration (G.E. Eldred). Retinitis Pigmentosa and Allied Retinal Degenerations: Heterogeneity of Usher Syndrome Type I (R. Ayyagari et al.). Studies Toward the Isolation of the RP3 Gene (A.F. Roux et al.). Studies of Retinal Degeneration Using Transgenic Mice and Other Animal Models: Creating Transgenic Mouse Models of Photoreceptor Degeneration Caused by Mutations in the Rhodopsin Gene (F. Wong). Systematic Alterations in Docosahexaenoic Acid Metabolism in Inherited Retinal Degenerations (N.G. Bazan et al.). Agents Which Cause or Prevent Retinal Degeneration: Growth Factors as Possible Therapeutic Agents for Retinal Degeneration (M.M. LaVail et al.). The Effect of Naphthalene on the Retina of Rabbit (N. Orzalesi et al.). 27 additional articles. Index.