Animal Models for Retinal Diseases
Affecting over a hundred million individuals worldwide, retinal diseases are among the leading causes of irreversible visual impairment and blindness, and appropriate study models, especially animal models, are essential to furthering our understanding of
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Series Editor Wolfgang Walz University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Animal Models for Retinal Diseases Edited by
Iok-Hou Pang Glaucoma Research, Alcon Research Ltd, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Abbot F. Clark The North Texas Eye Research Institute and Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Editors Iok-Hou Pang Glaucoma Research Alcon Research Ltd Fort Worth, TX USA [email protected]
Abbot F. Clark The North Texas Eye Research Institute and Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth, TX USA [email protected]
ISSN 0893-2336 e-ISSN 1940-6045 ISBN 978-1-60761-540-8 e-ISBN 978-1-60761-541-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-60761-541-5 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009943043 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Humana Press, c/o Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Cover illustration: Inset: Cross section of the human eye (provided by National Eye Institute, National Institute of Health); Background: Cross section of the mouse retina (provided by Dr. Robert Mullins, University of lowa). Printed on acid-free paper Humana Press is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface to the Series Under the guidance of its founders Alan Boulton and Glen Baker, the Neuromethods series by Humana Press has been very successful, since the first volume appeared in 1985. In about 17 years, 37 volumes have been published. In 2006, Springer Science + Business Media made a renewed commitment to this series. The new program will focus on methods that are either unique to the nervous system and excitable cells or which need special consideration to be applied to the neurosciences. The program will strike a balance between recent and exciting developments like those concerning new animal models of disease, imaging, in vivo metho
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