Environmental enrichment extends photoreceptor survival and visual function in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa.

Slow, progressive rod degeneration followed by cone death leading to blindness is the pathological signature of all forms of human retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Therapeutic schemes based on intraocular delivery of neuroprotective agents prolong the lifetime of photoreceptors and have reached the stage...

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Main Authors: Ilaria Barone, Elena Novelli, Ilaria Piano, Claudia Gargini, Enrica Strettoi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3508993?pdf=render