Retinitis pigmentosa: rod photoreceptor rescue by a calcium-channel blocker in the rd mouse

Induction by cyclic GMP of cationic conductance in plasma membrane of retinal rod outer segment

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Life Sciences, Biophysics, Cell Biology +17

Retinal degeneration in the rd mouse is caused by a defect in the β subunit of rod cGMP-phosphodiesterase

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Medicine, Neuroscience, Ophthalmology +17

Mechanism of calcium channel blockade by verapamil, D600, diltiazem and nitrendipine in single dialysed heart cells

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Medicine, Cardiology, Pharmacology +12

Recessive mutations in the gene encoding the β–subunit of rod phosphodiesterase in patients with retinitis pigmentosa

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Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17

Protection of mouse photoreceptors by survival factors in retinal degenerations.

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Medicine, Neuroscience, Ophthalmology +16