Cytochrome b5 protects photoreceptors from light stress-induced lipid peroxidation and retinal degeneration
Neuroscience: Vision is stressful for old flies Paradoxically, light is essential for vision, yet it also induces stress that damages the sensitive cells in the eye. Vikki Weake and her team at Purdue University examined how exposure to blue light causes damage to the retina in fruit flies. Blue lig...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-12-01
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| Series: | npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41514-017-0019-6 |