Functional and neurochemical development in the normal and degenerating mouse retina

The rd1 mouse is a well‐established animal model for human retinitis pigmentosa (RP). We used electroretinography (ERG) to evaluate retinal function and postembedding immunocytochemistry to determine the changes in cellular amino acid expression in the normal (C57Bl6) and degenerating mouse retina ( rd1 ), as a function of age during development and the onset of degeneration. In the normal mouse retina, photoreceptoral and post‐photoreceptoral...