Configuration of the optic chiasm in humans with albinism as revealed by magnetic resonance imaging.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the atmospheric pressure (ATM) change experienced during diving can induce changes in the intraocular pressure (IOP) of eyes in a normal population. METHODS:The IOP of 27 healthy volunteers (ages, 23.8 +/- 4.9 years; range, 18-44) was measured with a Perkins applanation tonometer by two in...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Van de Veire S,Germonpre P,Renier C,Stalmans I,Zeyen T

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed comparison of intracellular pH (pHi) regulatory mechanisms was made between fresh (FBCE) and cultured (CBCE) bovine corneal endothelium to: (1) identify the ion transport mechanisms that could directly or indirectly affect transendothelial HCO3- transport; and (2) determine if cultured cells could serve as ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bonanno JA,Giasson C

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The retina of the blind mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi was compared with other vertebrate photosensitive organs in an attempt to correlate its histologic organization with a presumptive nonvisual photoreceptor role. METHODS:The eyes of eight adult animals were analyzed by light and electron microscopy, using conve...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cernuda-Cernuda R,DeGrip WJ,Cooper HM,Nevo E,García-Fernández JM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present a new method of performing scanning laser ophthalmoscope perimetry that compensates for eye movements so that the correct retinal location is tested even if fixation changes. This allows for accurate testing of patients with central scotomas and for repeating testing longitudinally at the same retina...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sunness JS,Schuchard RA,Shen N,Rubin GS,Dagnelie G,Haselwood DM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cataract is the most common cause of blindness in the world today, and yet there is no generally accepted treatment other than surgical intervention. Studies in rodent models designed to increase understanding of the molecular basis of cataract have shown that transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta induces morph...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hales AM,Chamberlain CG,McAvoy JW

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recent studies have suggested the hypothesis that quench-assisted 1/T1 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures free radical production with laminar resolution in vivo without the need of a contrast agent. Here, we test this hypothesis further by examining the spatial and detection sensitivity of quench-assist...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Berkowitz BA,Lewin AS,Biswal MR,Bredell BX,Davis C,Roberts R

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the validity of the color component subtraction method, a new objective technique of measuring nuclear cataract, and to correlate the tangent values of the different degrees of nuclear opacities to their corresponding subjective nuclear cataract grading using the Lens Opacities Classification System II ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Khu PM,Kashiwagi T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We compared the anti-fibrotic effects of single versus multiple postoperative injections of saratin following glaucoma filtration surgery (GFS) in the rabbit model. METHODS:The experiment was in two parts. To determine the optimal frequency for postoperative therapy, seven New Zealand White (NZW) rabbits recei...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Min J,Lukowski ZL,Levine MA,Meyers CA,Beattie AR,Schultz GS,Samuelson DA,Sherwood MB

更新日期：2012-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To compare static rod function obtained with and without photobleach in control and intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD) participants with and without subretinal drusenoid deposits (SDD). Methods:In this cross-sectional study, retinal sensitivities within the central 24° retina were obtained tw...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tan R,Guymer RH,Luu CD

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the importance of lens epithelial cell death in age-related cataract. To determine whether the large percentage of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL)-positive lens epithelial cells previously reported in human capsulotomy specimens results from apopto...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Harocopos GJ,Alvares KM,Kolker AE,Beebe DC

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates the amplitude of accommodation of early onset myopes, late onset myopes, emmetropes, and hyperopes. Eighty subjects were used, 41 women and 39 men, with an age range of 18-22 yr (mean = 19.82). All subjects wore an optimum refractive correction, giving visual acuities of 20/20 or better. Signif...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： McBrien NA,Millodot M

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There is uncertainty in the published literature as to whether physical activity should be advocated for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) prevention. We aimed to assess prospectively the association between physical activity and the 15-year incidence of AMD in older adults. METHODS:We assessed AMD from r...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gopinath B,Liew G,Burlutsky G,Mitchell P

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare confocal scanning laser tomography (CSLT) to optic disc photography for detecting progressive glaucomatous disc changes. METHODS:Four expert observers first examined a training set of 40 pairs of monoscopic disc photographs to help set a criterion for change. They then classified 44 pairs of monosco...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Chauhan BC,Hutchison DM,Artes PH,Caprioli J,Jonas JB,LeBlanc RP,Nicolela MT

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the prevalence, distribution, and demographic associations of refractive error in an urban population in southern India. METHODS:Two thousand five hundred twenty-two subjects of all ages, representative of the Hyderabad population, were examined in the population-based Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Stud...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dandona R,Dandona L,Naduvilath TJ,Srinivas M,McCarty CA,Rao GN

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study evaluated the role for poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in diabetes-induced cataractogenesis and early retinal changes. METHODS:Control and streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats were treated with or without the PARP inhibitors 1,5-isoquinolinediol (ISO; 3 mg kg(-1) d(-1) intraperitoneally) and 10-(4-...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Drel VR,Xu W,Zhang J,Kador PF,Ali TK,Shin J,Julius U,Slusher B,El-Remessy AB,Obrosova IG

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To examine the early glial reactivity and neuron damage in response to short-term cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFp) reduction, as compared with intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation. Methods:The experiment included 54 male Sprague-Dawley rats with elevated translaminar cribrosa pressure difference (TLPD), def...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Li XX,Zhang Z,Zeng HY,Wu S,Liu L,Zhang JX,Liu Q,Yang DY,Wang NL

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the prognostic relevance of expression of the chemokine receptors CCR7 and CXCR4 and its ligand CXCL12 in uveal melanoma in nonmetastatic and metastatic patients with correlation to liver metastasis and overall survival. METHODS:Primary uveal melanoma specimens from 19 patients with correlating live...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： van den Bosch T,Koopmans AE,Vaarwater J,van den Berg M,de Klein A,Verdijk RM

更新日期：2013-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE. To solve the shortage of donor corneas, a decellularizing method based on hypertonic saline treatment was introduced, and a favorable outcome was observed in pig-to-rabbit lamellar corneal transplantation. This study was an investigation of the efficacy of pig-to-nonhuman primate lamellar corneal transplantat...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Choi HJ,Kim MK,Lee HJ,Ko JH,Jeong SH,Lee JI,Oh BC,Kang HJ,Wee WR

更新日期：2011-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Suppression in amblyopia may be an unequal form of normal interocular suppression or a distinct pathophysiology. To explore this issue, we examined the orientation tuning and contrast dependence of continuous flash suppression (CFS) in adults with amblyopia and visually normal controls. Methods:Nine patients (...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Gao TY,Ledgeway T,Lie AL,Anstice N,Black J,McGraw PV,Thompson B

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In the studies of spatial integration an increase in the spatial extent of the stimulus usually results in a decrease in the spatial frequency bandwidth of the stimulus. The authors investigated separately the effects of these two factors on contrast detectability. METHODS:Efficiencies were measured for a circ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kukkonen H,Näsänen R,Rovamo J

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the accommodative accuracy and amplitude in children with Down syndrome. Accommodation is usually assumed to be good in children and is rarely measured. METHODS:A dynamic retinoscopy technique was developed that allows rapid and reliable measures of accuracy and amplitude of accommodation in infants...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Woodhouse JM,Meades JS,Leat SJ,Saunders KJ

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the roles of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and vimentin in Müller cell reactivity. METHODS:Retinal detachments were created in mice deficient for GFAP and vimentin (GFAP(-/-)vim(-/-)) and age-matched wild-type (wt) mice. The reactivity of the retina was studied by immunofluorescence and e...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Verardo MR,Lewis GP,Takeda M,Linberg KA,Byun J,Luna G,Wilhelmsson U,Pekny M,Chen DF,Fisher SK

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:IFT81, a core component of the IFT-B complex, involved in the bidirectional transport of ciliary proteins, has been recently implicated in syndromic ciliopathies. However, none of the IFT-B core complex proteins have been associated with nonsyndromic retinal dystrophies. Given the importance of ciliary transpor...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dharmat R,Liu W,Ge Z,Sun Z,Yang L,Li Y,Wang K,Thomas K,Sui R,Chen R

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Diabetes reduces retinal and visual sensitivity to dim light flashes. However, the impact of diabetes on contrast sensitivity in dim light is unknown. Based on the lowered visual sensitivity previously observed, we hypothesized that contrast sensitivity would similarly be reduced. We therefore examined scotopic...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Umino Y,Solessio E

更新日期：2013-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To link psychophysical thresholds for blind spot awareness and filling-in with early neural components that underpin these perceptions. METHODS:Blind spot dimensions were quantified, after which an intrinsic stimulus (i.e., a rectangular bar of varying length centered within the blind spot) was used to determi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Abadi RV,Jeffery G,Murphy JS

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Although normal function of the lacrimal gland is essential for vision (and thus for human well-being), the lacrimal gland remains rather poorly understood at a molecular level. The purpose of this study was to identify new genes and signaling cascades involved in lacrimal gland development. Methods:To identif...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Dvoriantchikova G,Tao W,Pappas S,Gaidosh G,Tse DT,Ivanov D,Pelaez D

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Human tear film stability decreases with increasing age. In this study, the changes in meibum composition were measured in search of markers of tear film instability. METHODS:(1)H NMR nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of 43 normal donors aged 1 to 88 years were acquired. RESULTS:Compared with meibum fr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Borchman D,Foulks GN,Yappert MC,Milliner SE

更新日期：2012-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the response of retinal vessels to differing durations of flicker light (FL) stimulation. METHODS:We recorded retinal arterial and venous vessel dilation to 12.5 Hz FL provocation of varying duration (5, 7, 10, and 20 seconds) in 12 healthy young individuals (age range, 26-45 years). All participa...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Heitmar R,Summers RJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Diabetic complications are associated with hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of both glucose deprivation and hyperglycemia on the induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and the subsequent activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) that results...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mulhern ML,Madson CJ,Danford A,Ikesugi K,Kador PF,Shinohara T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the roles and pathways of microRNAs 143 and 145 in transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1-induced human subconjunctival fibrosis. Methods:Human tenon's capsule fibroblasts (HTFs) were obtained from a healthy eye. After treating cultured HTFs with TGF-β1, the expression of microRNAs 143 and 145 was ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hwang YH,Jung SA,Lyu J,Kim YY,Lee JH

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00