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Expression of an attenuated diphtheria toxin gene under the control of rhodopsin promoter results in the specific elimination of rod photoreceptors in the retina [ 34].
But it has some of the best theme music in television history, and Rod Serling's voice can raise the hair on the back of my neck quicker than a scene out of Showgirls . My favorite episode: A burglar is shot dead while fleeing a crime scene and is transported to a wondrous place where every desire is immediately indulged--hot babes as far as the eye can see.
It's all "bullets, bombs, and boobs--the biggest boob being Van Damme, natch" (Rod Dreher, the New York Post ). But "for those eager to bid adieu to their credibility for 82 minutes," at least the action "rarely flags" (Lawrence Van Gelder, the New York Times ).
Therefore, the increased expression of NR2B could be indicative of developmental/functional delay due to the lack of rod input.
The demonstration that GluR1 expression is increased in the retina of the rdta mouse where a rod photoreceptor-mediated visual input is missing is consistent with a previous report in which the level of GluR1 is increased in the deafferented tectum [ 64, 65].