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A role for aquaporin-4 during induction of form deprivation myopia in chick

PURPOSE: Aquaporins (AQP) form a family of specialized water channels known to transport water across cell membranes and reduce osmotic gradients. The isoform AQP4 is highly expressed in the astroglia of the brain and Müller cells in the retina. In the brain, AQP4 play a role in the control of cereb...

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Autores principales: Goodyear, Melinda J, Junghans, Barbara M, Giummarra, Loretta, Murphy, Melanie J, Crewther, David P, Crewther, Sheila G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Vision 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2254964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18334967