Real-time imaging of rabbit retina with retinal degeneration by using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.

BACKGROUND: Recently, a transgenic rabbit with rhodopsin Pro 347 Leu mutation was generated as a model of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), which is characterized by a gradual loss of vision due to photoreceptor degeneration. The purpose of the current study is to noninvasively visualize and assess time-de...

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Main Authors: Yuki Muraoka, Hanako Ohashi Ikeda, Noriko Nakano, Masanori Hangai, Yoshinobu Toda, Keiko Okamoto-Furuta, Haruyasu Kohda, Mineo Kondo, Hiroko Terasaki, Akira Kakizuka, Nagahisa Yoshimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3338600?pdf=render