Degenerative Retinal Diseases

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Histochemical Comparison of Ocular “Drusen” in Monkey and Human....Pages 1-10
TIMP-3 Accumulation in Bruch’s Membrane and Drusen in Eyes From Normal and Age-Related Macular Degeneration Donors....Pages 11-15
Photoreceptor Rosettes in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Donor Tissues....Pages 17-21
Central Retinal Sensitivity Repeated Measurements as Long Term Follow-Up in Retinitis Pigmentosa....Pages 23-29
Complete And Incomplete Type Congenital Stationary Night Blindness (CSNB) as a Model of “Off-Retina” and “On-Retina”....Pages 31-41
A Family with X-Linked Cone Dystrophy Showing a Tapetal-Like Reflex....Pages 43-50
Autoimmune Retinopathy....Pages 51-56
Norrie Disease in Japan....Pages 57-60
Development of a Model for Macular Degeneration....Pages 61-70
Subretinal Iodoacetate....Pages 71-80
Hereditary Retinal Dystrophy of Swedish Briard Dogs....Pages 81-87
The Vpp Mouse....Pages 89-97
Altered Regulation of Ion Channels in Cultured Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells From Rcs Rats....Pages 99-106
Structures of the Oligosaccharides of Rhodopsin from Normal and Rcs Rats....Pages 107-114
Indocyanine Green Videoangiography in the Royal College of Surgeons Rat....Pages 115-119
Defective Choroidal Angiogenesis Precedes Retinal Pigment Epithelial Phagocytic Defect in Neonatal Rcs Rats....Pages 121-134
Comparative Biology of Retinoid Deprivation and Replacement in Flies and Rodents....Pages 135-143
Rhodopsin-Dependent Models of Drosophila Photoreceptor Degeneration....Pages 145-158
Recessive Degeneration of Photoreceptor Cells Caused by Point Mutations in the Cytoplasmic Domains of Drosophila Rhodopsin....Pages 159-170
Nitric Oxide-Induced Increases in Retinal cGMP....Pages 171-180
Glycohistochemical Study of Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration....Pages 181-191
Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration is Prevented in Mice Lacking c-fos ....Pages 193-198
Ischemic Neuronal Death in the Fish Retina....Pages 199-204
Isolation of Candidate Genes for Retinal Degenerations....Pages 205-226
Studies on the Cone Cyclic GMP-Phosphodiesterase α’ Subunit Gene....Pages 227-236
Mutations in PDE6A , the Gene Encoding the α-Subunit of Rod Photoreceptor Cgmp-Specific Phosphodiesterase, are Rare in Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa....Pages 237-244
Molecular Analysis of the Human PEDF Gene, a Candidate Gene for Retinal Degeneration: Localization To 17p13.3....Pages 245-254
Screening of Candidate Genes on Japanese Retinal Dystrophies....Pages 255-261
Strategies for the Genetic Analysis of Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa in Spanish Families....Pages 263-275
Progress in Positional Cloning of RP10 (7q31.3), RP1 (8q11–q21), and VMD1 (8q24)....Pages 277-289
Growth Factors In The Retina....Pages 291-294
Genetic and Physical Localisation of the Gene Causing Cone-Rod Dystrophy ( CORD2 )....Pages 295-302
Usher Syndrome Type 1C....Pages 303-312
Oguchi Disease, Retinitis Pigmentosa, and the Phototransduction Pathway....Pages 313-318
A Patient with Progressive Retinal Degeneration Associated with Homozygous 1147delA Mutation in the Arrestin Gene....Pages 319-322
bFGF Transfected Iris Pigment Epithelial Cells Rescue Photoreceptor Cell Degeneration in RCS Rats....Pages 323-328
Transplantation of Neonatal Neural Retina in Photoreceptor Degeneration of Cats....Pages 329-338
Mechanical Aspects of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Transplantation....Pages 339-345
Midkine from Various Sources in Constant Light-Induced Photoreceptor Degeneration of the Rat....Pages 347-352
The Influence of Oxygen on the Survival and Death of Photoreceptors....Pages 353-367
Histological Method to Assess Photoreceptor Light Damage and Protection by Survival Factors....Pages 369-384
Further Studies on the Phagocytosis of Photoreceptor Outer Segments by Rat Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells....Pages 385-397
Purification and Characterization of Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 (Stromelysin-1) from Bovine Interphotoreceptor Matrix....Pages 399-407
Senile Retinal Deficiencies in Astrocytes and Blood Vessels....Pages 409-415
Back Matter....Pages 423-426