Environmental enrichment protects the retina from early diabetic damage in adult rats.

Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of reduced visual acuity and acquired blindness. Available treatments are not completely effective. We analyzed the effect of environmental enrichment on retinal damage induced by experimental diabetes in adult Wistar rats. Diabetes was induced by an intraperi...

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Main Authors: Damián Dorfman, Marcos L Aranda, María Florencia González Fleitas, Mónica S Chianelli, Diego C Fernandez, Pablo H Sande, Ruth E Rosenstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4086948?pdf=render