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Retinal degeneration in the WKY rat

R W Bellhorn1, J M Rheinhardt, M S Burns

  • 1Department of Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616.

Progress in Clinical and Biological Research
|January 1, 1987
PubMed
Summary

Middle-aged Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats exhibit outer retinal degeneration, a condition involving photoreceptor loss and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell changes. This process leads to altered retinal capillaries, resembling those found in the choroid.

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