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M M LaVail

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1 Mutation of the receptor tyrosine kinase gene Mertk in the retinal dystrophic RCS rat. Hum Mol Genet 2000 4.42
2 Rods and cones in the mouse retina. I. Structural analysis using light and electron microscopy. J Comp Neurol 1979 3.86
3 Differential effect of the rd mutation on rods and cones in the mouse retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1978 3.30
4 Efficient photoreceptor-targeted gene expression in vivo by recombinant adeno-associated virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997 3.16
5 Rod outer segment disk shedding in rat retina: relationship to cyclic lighting. Science 1976 3.04
6 Ribozyme rescue of photoreceptor cells in a transgenic rat model of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. Nat Med 1998 2.66
7 Photoreceptor degeneration in inherited retinal dystrophy delayed by basic fibroblast growth factor. Nature 1990 2.61
8 Inherited retinal dystrophy: primary defect in pigment epithelium determined with experimental rat chimeras. Science 1976 2.59
9 Increased susceptibility to light damage in an arrestin knockout mouse model of Oguchi disease (stationary night blindness) Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1999 2.53
10 Rods and cones in the mouse retina. II. Autoradiographic analysis of cell generation using tritiated thymidine. J Comp Neurol 1979 2.35
11 Correction of the retinal dystrophy phenotype of the RCS rat by viral gene transfer of Mertk. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 1.91
12 Basic fibroblast growth factor and local injury protect photoreceptors from light damage in the rat. J Neurosci 1992 1.80
13 Influence of eye pigmentation and light deprivation on inherited retinal dystrophy in the rat. Exp Eye Res 1975 1.77
14 Genetic regulation of light damage to photoreceptors. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1987 1.76
15 A naturally occurring mouse model of X-linked congenital stationary night blindness. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1998 1.76
16 Kinetics of rod outer segment renewal in the developing mouse retina. J Cell Biol 1973 1.75
17 The retrograde intraaxonal transport of horseradish peroxidase in the chick visual system: a light and electron microscopic study. J Comp Neurol 1974 1.74
18 Injury-induced upregulation of bFGF and CNTF mRNAS in the rat retina. J Neurosci 1995 1.67
19 Retrograde axonal transport in the central nervous system. Science 1972 1.67
20 C57BL-6J mice with inherited retinal degeneration. Arch Ophthalmol 1974 1.61
21 Characterization of rhodopsin mis-sorting and constitutive activation in a transgenic rat model of retinitis pigmentosa. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2000 1.60
22 Prostaglandin E2 induces vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor mRNA expression in cultured rat Müller cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1998 1.44
23 Light and inherited retinal degeneration. Br J Ophthalmol 2006 1.37
24 Circadian nature of rod outer segment disc shedding in the rat. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1980 1.36
25 Role of neurotrophin receptor TrkB in the maturation of rod photoreceptors and establishment of synaptic transmission to the inner retina. J Neurosci 1999 1.34
26 Protection of the rat retina from ischemic injury by brain-derived neurotrophic factor, ciliary neurotrophic factor, and basic fibroblast growth factor. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1994 1.25
27 Augmented rod bipolar cell function in partial receptor loss: an ERG study in P23H rhodopsin transgenic and aging normal rats. Vision Res 2001 1.23
28 Analysis of neurological mutants with inherited retinal degeneration. Friedenwald lecture. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1981 1.22
29 bcl-2 overexpression reduces apoptotic photoreceptor cell death in three different retinal degenerations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996 1.21
30 Rod outer segment disc shedding in relation to cyclic lighting. Exp Eye Res 1976 1.21
31 Role of the pigment epithelium in inherited retinal degeneration analyzed with experimental mouse chimeras. Exp Eye Res 1976 1.13
32 Fine mapping of a putative rd cDNA and its co-segregation with rd expression. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1990 1.10
33 Retinal degeneration in the pcd cerebellar mutant mouse. II. Electron microscopic analysis. J Comp Neurol 1982 1.08
34 Congenic strains of RCS rats with inherited retinal dystrophy. J Hered 1975 1.07
35 Strain differences in sensitivity to light-induced photoreceptor degeneration in albino mice. Curr Eye Res 1987 1.04
36 Rhodopsin content and rod outer segment length in albino rat eyes: modification by dark adaptation. Exp Eye Res 1978 1.03
37 Neurotrophin receptor TrkB activation is not required for the postnatal survival of retinal ganglion cells in vivo. Exp Neurol 2001 1.01
38 Photoreceptor-pigment epithelial cell relationships in rats with inherited retinal degeneration. Radioautographic and electron microscope evidence for a dual source of extra lamellar material. J Cell Biol 1972 1.00
39 Retrograde intraaxonal transport of horseradish peroxidase in retinal ganglion cells of the chick. Brain Res 1975 0.99
40 Light-evoked changes in the interphotoreceptor matrix. Science 1990 0.97
41 Photoreceptor characteristics in congenic strains of RCS rats. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1981 0.97
42 Outer segment disc shedding and phagocytosis in the outer retina. Trans Ophthalmol Soc U K 1983 0.95
43 The interphotoreceptor matrix in rats with inherited retinal dystrophy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1981 0.95
44 Matrix metalloproteinase-2 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in the retinal pigment epithelium and interphotoreceptor matrix: vectorial secretion and regulation. Exp Eye Res 1997 0.94
45 Retinal degeneration in the pcd cerebellar mutant mouse. I. Light microscopic and autoradiographic analysis. J Comp Neurol 1982 0.94
46 Expression of reverse cholesterol transport proteins ATP-binding cassette A1 (ABCA1) and scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) in the retina and retinal pigment epithelium. Br J Ophthalmol 2009 0.93
47 Neovascularization of the RPE: temporal differences in mice with rod photoreceptor gene defects. Exp Eye Res 1998 0.91
48 Spatiotemporal gradients of cell genesis in the primate retina. Perspect Dev Neurobiol 1996 0.91
49 Continuous exposure to bright light upregulates bFGF and CNTF expression in the rat retina. Curr Eye Res 1998 0.89
50 Assessment of possible transneuronal changes in the retina of rats with inherited retinal dystrophy: cell size, number, synapses, and axonal transport by retinal ganglion cells. J Comp Neurol 1984 0.88
51 Retinal degeneration in the nervous mutant mouse. III. Electrophysiological studies of the visual pathway. Exp Eye Res 2000 0.88
52 Ribozyme gene therapy for autosomal dominant retinal disease. Clin Chem Lab Med 2000 0.85
53 Studies on the hormonal control of circadian outer segment disc shedding in the rat retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1978 0.85
54 Impulse conduction in the shrimp medullated giant fiber with special reference to the structure of functionally excitable areas. J Comp Neurol 1971 0.84
55 Genesis of the retinal pigment epithelium in the macaque monkey. J Comp Neurol 1995 0.83
56 Inherited retinal dystrophy in the RCS rat: composition of the outer segment debris zone. Prog Clin Biol Res 1989 0.83
57 Interaction of environmental light and eye pigmentation with inherited retinal degenerations. Vision Res 1980 0.83
58 Discrimination of light intensity by rats with inherited retinal degeneration: a behavioral and cytological study. Vision Res 1974 0.82
59 Epi-polarization and incident light microscopy readily resolve an autoradiographic or heavy metal label from an obscuring background or second label. J Neurosci Methods 1992 0.81
60 Lack of p75 receptor does not protect photoreceptors from light-induced cell death. Exp Eye Res 2003 0.81
61 Genesis of neurons in the retinal ganglion cell layer of the monkey. J Comp Neurol 1992 0.80
62 Immunogold localization of chondroitin 6-sulfate in the interphotoreceptor matrix of normal and RCS rats. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1989 0.80
63 Factors affecting the susceptibility of the retina to light damage. Prog Clin Biol Res 1989 0.79
64 Assignment of retinal dystrophy (rdy) to linkage group IV of the rat. J Hered 1981 0.79
65 Induction of c-fos and c-jun mRNA expression by basic fibroblast growth factor in cultured rat Müller cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1998 0.79
66 Retinal degeneration in the nervous mutant mouse. IV. Inner retinal changes. Exp Eye Res 2001 0.78
67 Experimental chimeras: a new approach to the study of inherited retinal degeneration in laboratory animals. Adv Exp Med Biol 1977 0.78
68 Basic FGF-induced down-regulation of IGF-I mRNA in cultured rat Müller cells. Exp Eye Res 1999 0.78
69 Immunohistochemical localization of basic fibroblast growth factor in mature and developing retinas of normal and RCS rats. Curr Eye Res 1992 0.78
70 Immunocytochemical localization of chondroitin sulfates in the interphotoreceptor matrix of the normal and dystrophic rat retina. Curr Eye Res 1986 0.77
71 Fawn-hooded rats, the fawn mutation and interaction of pink-eyed and red-eyed dilution genes. J Hered 1981 0.77
72 Rod- and cone-associated interphotoreceptor matrix in the rat retina. Differences in light-evoked distributional changes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1991 0.77
73 Protein synthesis in retinas of rats with inherited retinal dystrophy. Exp Eye Res 1980 0.77
74 Development of a congenic strain of pigmented and albino rats for light damage studies. Exp Eye Res 1986 0.77
75 Histochemical demonstration of spatial heterogeneity in the interphotoreceptor matrix of the rat retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1986 0.77
76 Absence of an inherited retinal degeneration in the WAG/Rij rat. Exp Eye Res 1987 0.76
77 Patchy retinal degeneration in tetraparental mice. Nature 1971 0.76
78 Retinal degeneration in the nervous mutant mouse. II. Electron microscopic analysis. J Comp Neurol 1993 0.75
79 Development of light-evoked changes of the interphotoreceptor matrix in normal and RCS rats with inherited retinal dystrophy. Exp Eye Res 1991 0.75
80 Formation of extracellular nuclear masses in organotypic cultures of rat retina. Dev Biol 1971 0.75
81 [Light response of the interphotoreceptor matrix in inherited degenerative retina]. Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi 1992 0.75
82 [Aging effects on the light response of the interphotoreceptor matrix as revealed by binding of Ricinus communis agglutinin-1]. Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi 1991 0.75
83 Nucleotide-induced retinal changes. Prog Clin Biol Res 1989 0.75
84 Histochemical analysis of the interphotoreceptor matrix in hereditary retinal degenerations. Prog Clin Biol Res 1985 0.75
85 New isolation method of retina and interphotoreceptor matrix. Exp Eye Res 1989 0.75
86 [Detection of dual phase of light response of interphotoreceptor matrix]. Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi 1991 0.75
87 Lectin binding of the interphotoreceptor matrix during retinal development in normal and RCS rats. Curr Eye Res 1990 0.75