Table 1.
Rods | Red cones | Green conesb | Blue cones | UV cones | ||||||
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Treatment | AT-RAc | 9-cis RA | AT-RA | 9-cis RA | AT-RA | 9-cis RA | AT-RA | 9-cis RA | AT-RA | 9-cis RA |
P value | 0.0012 | 0.0508 | 0.0005 | 0.018 | 0.089 | 0.2639 | 0.0446 | 0.0253 | 0.0041 | 0.0003 |
Analysis was based upon fraction of eyes in each treatment, assigned to each photoreceptor recruitment stage (see Fig. 2).
Detected by indirect immunofluorescence for green opsin; all others detected by in situ hybridization for a specific opsin.
AT-RA, all-trans retinoic acid.