The zebrafish is a popular animal model to study mechanisms of retinal degeneration/regeneration in vertebrates. This protocol describes a method to induce localized injury disrupting the outer retina with minimal damage to the inner retina. Subsequently, we monitor in vivo the retinal morphology and the Müller glia response throughout retinal regeneration.
Conedera, F. M., Arendt, P., Trepp, C., Tschopp, M., Enzmann, V. Müller Glia Cell Activation in a Laser-induced Retinal Degeneration and Regeneration Model in Zebrafish. J. Vis. Exp. (128), e56249, doi:10.3791/56249 (2017).