Pupillary reflex and behavioral masking responses to light as functional measures of retinal degeneration in mice

Ethan O. Contreras; Carley G. Dearing; Crystal A. Ashinhurst; Betty A. Fish; Sajila N. Hossain; Ariana M. Rey; Primal D. Silva; Stewart Thompson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244702

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Pupillary reflex and behavioral masking responses to light as functional measures of retinal degeneration in mice

Ethan O. Contreras,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Psychology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America, Department of Biology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America
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Carley G. Dearing,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliations Department of Psychology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America, Department of Biology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
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Crystal A. Ashinhurst,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Psychology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America, Department of Biology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America
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Betty A. Fish,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Psychology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America, Department of Biology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America
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Sajila N. Hossain,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Psychology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America, Department of Biology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America
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Ariana M. Rey,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Psychology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America, Department of Biology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America
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Primal D. Silva,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Psychology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America, Department of Biology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America
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Stewart Thompson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: stewart.thompson@nmt.edu

Affiliations Department of Psychology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America, Department of Biology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4317-4572

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Pupillary reflex and behavioral masking responses to light as functional measures of retinal degeneration in mice

Ethan O. Contreras,
Carley G. Dearing,
Crystal A. Ashinhurst,
Betty A. Fish,
Sajila N. Hossain,
Ariana M. Rey,
Primal D. Silva,
Stewart Thompson

Published: January 25, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244702

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