The electro-oculographic responses to alcohol and light in a series of patients with retinitis pigmentosa.

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a stable antimicrobial contact lens, which is effective against the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) panel microorganisms, Acanthamoeba castellanii and drug resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. METHODS:Melimine was covalently incorporated into et...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dutta D,Cole N,Kumar N,Willcox MD

更新日期：2013-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the variation in ocular biometry and its association with refraction in adult Mongolians. METHODS:The study included 1800 subjects, aged 40 years or more, who were selected in two Mongolian provinces-Hövsgöl and Omnögobi-to participate in this population survey. Axial length (AL) and its componen...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wickremasinghe S,Foster PJ,Uranchimeg D,Lee PS,Devereux JG,Alsbirk PH,Machin D,Johnson GJ,Baasanhu J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The transdifferentiation of Tenon fibroblasts to myofibroblasts is a pivotal step in filtering bleb scarring. It is mediated by the cytokine TGF-beta, Rho-dependent contractility, and cell-matrix interactions in an interdependent fashion. HMG-CoA-reductase inhibitors (statins) have been shown to inhibit Rho-GTP...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Meyer-Ter-Vehn T,Katzenberger B,Han H,Grehn F,Schlunck G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the accommodative accuracy of infants and young children before they had had any form of clinical intervention or treatment, in an attempt to determine the difference between 'normal' and 'abnormal' visual experience for these individuals. METHODS:Nott retinoscopy was performed on 111 subjects in ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Candy TR,Gray KH,Hohenbary CC,Lyon DW

更新日期：2012-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Intramuscular innervation of horizontal rectus extraocular muscle (EOMs) is segregated into superior and inferior (transverse) compartments, whereas all EOMs are also divided into global (GL) and orbital (OL) layers with scleral and pulley insertions, respectively. Mechanical independence between both types of ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shin A,Yoo L,Demer JL

更新日期：2014-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To refine the Minnesota Grading System (MGS) using definitions from the Age-Related Eye Disease Studies (AREDS) into a nine-step grading scale (MGS-9). Methods:A nine-step grading scale descriptive analysis using three key phenotypic features (total drusen area, increased, and decreased pigmentation) of human ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Olsen TW,Liao A,Robinson HS,Palejwala NV,Sprehe N

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moiré fringes generated by two equal gratings in contact, looked at in Maxwellian view, are well suited for the assessment of retinal visual acuity. High-contrast fringes practically free from spatial harmonics (higher Fourier components) are obtained if, instead of the zero diffraction order, one first-order diffract...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lotmar W

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure interspecies thickness differences in the central anterior and posterior capsules of postmortem crystalline lenses, by a technique that maintains the anatomic integrity of the lens. METHODS:Central capsule thickness was measured with a custom-built, noncontact optical system, using a focus detection...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ziebarth NM,Manns F,Uhlhorn SR,Venkatraman AS,Parel JM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocular ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure was assessed in three occupational groups: fisherman, landscape workers and construction workers. The ratio of ocular exposure to ambient exposure was determined by placing UV-sensitive film (295-320 nm) between the eyes of the subjects and in a nearby open field. The mean o...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Rosenthal FS,Phoon C,Bakalian AE,Taylor HR

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated the relationship between cone photoreceptor packing density and outer nuclear layer (ONL) thickness within the central 15 degrees. METHODS:Individual differences for healthy subjects in cone packing density and ONL thickness were examined in 8 younger and 8 older subjects, mean age 27.2 versus 56....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chui TY,Song H,Clark CA,Papay JA,Burns SA,Elsner AE

更新日期：2012-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Patients with diabetes mellitus are reported to have ocular surface defects, impaired ocular surface barrier function, and a higher incidence of corneal and conjunctival infections. Tight junctions are critical for ocular surface barrier function. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of high...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Alfuraih S,Barbarino A,Ross C,Shamloo K,Jhanji V,Zhang M,Sharma A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The sense of vision in humans is robust, and visual flickering is rarely experienced. To investigate this mechanism, electrophysiological and molecular biological techniques were used on human cone and rod photoreceptors. METHODS:Voltage-gated currents were recorded using the patch-clamp technique on isolated ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kawai F,Horiguchi M,Ichinose H,Ohkuma M,Isobe R,Miyachi E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the retina from an eye enucleated for choroidal melanoma apposed rod outer segments were seen by transmission electron microscopy to be fusing together in groups by the confluence of their plasma membranes and the formation of cytoplasmic bridges between adjacent outer segments. These fusions were seen in areas dis...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Borwein B,Medeiros JA,McGowan JW

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the involvement of calpain in ovine cataractogenesis by measuring calcium, calpain activity, proteolysis, and the effect of calpain inhibition. METHODS:Sheep with genetic cataracts were examined for cataract severity. Calcium in normal and cataract lenses was measured. The presence of calpain was ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Robertson LJ,Morton JD,Yamaguchi M,Bickerstaffe R,Shearer TR,Azuma M

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the diagnostic validity of a fully automated image analysis algorithm of in vivo confocal microscopy images in quantifying corneal subbasal nerves to diagnose diabetic neuropathy. METHODS:One hundred eighty-six patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T1/T2DM) and 55 age-matched controls un...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Petropoulos IN,Alam U,Fadavi H,Marshall A,Asghar O,Dabbah MA,Chen X,Graham J,Ponirakis G,Boulton AJ,Tavakoli M,Malik RA

更新日期：2014-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to investigate tumor control efficacy of paclitaxel in the treatment of retinal tumors harbored by the LH beta-Tag murine transgenic model of retinoblastoma. METHODS:LH beta-Tag-positive mice (n = 5) 10 weeks of age received two 20-microL subconjunctival injections delivered with ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Suárez F,Jockovich ME,Hernandez E,Feuer W,Parel JM,Murray TG

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Although retinal dopamine (DA) has been long implicated in myopia development, current studies demonstrate that retinal DA levels are unaltered in C57BL/6 mice with form-deprivation myopia. This work was undertaken to explore whether and how refractive development is perturbed in this mouse strain when retinal ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wu XH,Qian KW,Xu GZ,Li YY,Ma YY,Huang F,Wang YQ,Zhou X,Qu J,Yang XL,Zhong YM,Weng SJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate both the effect of diabetic macular edema (DME) on measured peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and the effect of intravitreal bevacizumab injection on RNFL thickness using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in patients with diabetic retinopathy. METHODS:W...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hwang DJ,Lee EJ,Lee SY,Park KH,Woo SJ

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a neuropeptide essential for the development, survival, growth, and differentiation of corneal cells. Its effects are mediated by both TrkA and p75 receptors. Clinically relevant use of NGF was introduced to treat neurotrophic ulcerations in patients. Herein, we examine the mechanis...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Blanco-Mezquita T,Martinez-Garcia C,Proença R,Zieske JD,Bonini S,Lambiase A,Merayo-Lloves J

更新日期：2013-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine transforming growth factor (TGF) beta effects on matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) as a potential cause of the blood-retinal barrier breakdown at the onset of angiogenesis. Previously, glial cells were shown to play a role in the angiogenesis process and to express the angiogenic regulating factor T...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Behzadian MA,Wang XL,Windsor LJ,Ghaly N,Caldwell RB

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe lacrimal gland involvement in a murine model of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). METHODS:Histopathologic examination was performed on lacrimal glands of mice affected by GVHD at 1, 2, 4, and 6 weeks after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Histopathologic scoring, based on charact...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hassan AS,Clouthier SG,Ferrara JL,Stepan A,Mian SI,Ahmad AZ,Elner VM

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy commonly associated with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), leading to optic nerve head (ONH) cupping, axon loss, and apoptosis of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), which could ultimately result in blindness. Brn3b is a class-4 POU domain transcription factor that plays a key role...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Stankowska DL,Minton AZ,Rutledge MA,Mueller BH 2nd,Phatak NR,He S,Ma HY,Forster MJ,Yorio T,Krishnamoorthy RR

更新日期：2015-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the mechanism of σ receptor 1 (σR1) neuroprotection in retinal neurons. METHODS:Oxidative stress, which is implicated in diabetic retinopathy, was induced in mouse primary ganglion cells (GCs) and RGC-5 cells, and the effect of the σR1 ligand (+)-pentazocine on pro- and anti-apoptotic and endopl...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ha Y,Dun Y,Thangaraju M,Duplantier J,Dong Z,Liu K,Ganapathy V,Smith SB

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the involvement of p27(KIP1) in the regulation of the proliferation of the developing corneal endothelium. METHODS:Central and peripheral corneas in C57Bl6 mice at postnatal day (P)1, P11, and 12 weeks after birth were analyzed by immunocytochemistry with anti-p27(KIP1), -p57(KIP2), and -proliferati...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yoshida K,Kase S,Nakayama K,Nagahama H,Harada T,Ikeda H,Harada C,Imaki J,Ohgami K,Shiratori K,Ilieva IB,Ohno S,Nishi S,Nakayama KI

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The three-dimensional configurations of rod and cone bipolar cell (BC) dendrites and horizontal cell (HC) processes outside rod and cone synaptic terminals have not been fully elucidated. We reveal how these neurites are mutually arranged to coordinate formation and maintenance of the postsynaptic complex of ri...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tsukamoto Y,Iseki K,Omi N

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the mechanisms underlying prostaglandin (PG) F(2)alpha-(,) carbachol (CCh)-, or latanoprost (a PGF(2)alpha analogue)-induced contraction of the pig iris sphincter muscle. METHODS:Effects of these agents on myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity were evaluated and compared with the use of receptor-coupled ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hasegawa Y,Nishimura J,Niiro N,Hirano K,Ishibashi T,Kanaide H

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinal injuries that affect the photoreceptors and/or the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) may result in the leakage of retinal proteins into the systemic circulation. This study was designed to determine whether an immune response is elicited after an acute retinal injury resulting in circulating anti-retinal...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Scott SE,Bouhenni RA,Chomyk AM,Dunmire JJ,Patil J,Nakamura H,Deepak P

更新日期：2012-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the repeatability and reproducibility of central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements obtained by combined scanning-slit/Placido-disc topography (Orbscan II; Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY) after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and to compare the results with another noncontact method, specular mic...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Maldonado MJ,López-Miguel A,Nieto JC,Cano-Parra J,Calvo B,Alió JL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To apply tissue-engineered cell sheet transplantation after excimer laser keratectomy as a novel approach for the reduction of postoperative corneal haze. METHODS:Limbal biopsy specimens were obtained, and epithelial cells were cultured on temperature-responsive culture inserts without the use of feeder cells....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hayashida Y,Nishida K,Yamato M,Yang J,Sugiyama H,Watanabe K,Hori Y,Maeda N,Kikuchi A,Okano T,Tano Y

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Tissue transglutaminase (TGM2) is elevated in glaucomatous trabecular meshwork (TM) tissues. We investigated whether increased expression of TGM2 increases extracellular matrix crosslinking in the TM, thereby increasing aqueous humor outflow resistance and elevating intraocular pressure (IOP) in mouse eyes. Me...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Raychaudhuri U,Millar JC,Clark AF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00