Experiments on visual cells by nature and man: in search of treatment for photoreceptor degeneration. Friedenwald lecture.

Abstract

In this lecture I attempt to provide an overview of pathogenetic factors of photoreceptor degeneration as well as the alterations of the visual cells and their cellular environment in photoreceptor degeneration. A therapeutic approach to photoreceptor degeneration was developed based on the experimental model of photic retinopathy