Does impaired contrast sensitivity explain the spatial uncertainty of amblyopes?

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the cellular origin and the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) immunoreactivity of the nonvascular stromal cells in surgically excised age-related macular degeneration (ARMD)-associated choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVMs). METHODS:Immunohistochemical analysis was performed on frozen sec...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lopez PF,Sippy BD,Lambert HM,Thach AB,Hinton DR

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We attempted to reproduce published studies that evaluated whether the following factors influence choroidal neovascularization (CNV) induced by laser photocoagulation in murine retinas: small interfering RNA (siRNA), cobra venom factor, complement factors C3 and C5, and complement receptor C5aR. In addition, w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Poor SH,Qiu Y,Fassbender ES,Shen S,Woolfenden A,Delpero A,Kim Y,Buchanan N,Gebuhr TC,Hanks SM,Meredith EL,Jaffee BD,Dryja TP

更新日期：2014-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbit corneas were treated in vitro and in vivo with cholera toxin (CTX), a specific and irreversible activator of adenylate cyclase. Tissue pieces incubated in vitro in the presence of 10 mug/ml CTX for 15 min continuously synthesized adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) at an increased rate for 3 hr in the ab...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jumblatt MM,Fogle JA,Neufeld AH

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The corneas of 12 eye donors with maturity-onset diabetes were obtained, and the corneal epithelial basement membranes were studied by transmission electron microscopy. Similar tissue was obtained from 12 nondiabetic eye donors who were matched for age (within 2 years) and race. The mean thickness of the corneal epith...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Taylor HR,Kimsey RA

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the location of parasympathetic neurons that innervate the meibomian glands in rats. METHODS:The B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB), fast blue, and a retrograde transneuronal tracer, the Bartha strain of pseudorabies virus (PRV-Ba), were injected into the upper eyelids of adult Sprague-Dawley rats a...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： LeDoux MS,Zhou Q,Murphy RB,Greene ML,Ryan P

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual fixation of a small, stationary target was measured in 12 young observers (mean age = 22 yr) and in 12 older observers (mean age = 70 yr). The two groups' fixation behavior did not differ on various dimensions of fixation stability: mean fixation area, intra-subject variability, or changes in fixation over succ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kosnik W,Fikre J,Sekuler R

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Na,K-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) is essential for the regulation of cytoplasmic ion concentrations in lens cells. Earlier studies demonstrated that tyrosine phosphorylation by Lyn kinase, a Src-family member, inhibits Na,K-ATPase activity in porcine lens epithelium. In the present study, experiments were ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Bozulic LD,Dean WL,Delamere NA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voluntary vertical saccades were recorded in five normal human subjects with electro-oculography (EOG), an infrared, limbus tracking system (IR), and a magnetic scleral search coil method. The peak velocity-amplitude relationships of up and down saccades were measured during refixations across the center of the orbit ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yee RD,Schiller VL,Lim V,Baloh FG,Baloh RW,Honrubia V

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the toxicity of various doses of intravitreal amphotericin B deoxycholate, amphotericin B lipid complex (ABLC), and liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB). METHODS:Fifty-two rabbits were divided into two treatment groups (groups A and B). Thirteen treatments were administered intravitreally to the 104 r...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Cannon JP,Fiscella R,Pattharachayakul S,Garey KW,De Alba F,Piscitelli S,Edward DP,Danziger LH

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroretinograms (ERGs) were elicited by hemicircular (half-disc) stimuli to the upper, lower, temporal and nasal maculas of 26 normal subjects, and the amplitudes and implicit times of the ERGs from opposing macular regions were compared. The amplitudes of a-wave, b-wave and oscillatory potentials (OPs) were signif...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Miyake Y,Shiroyama N,Horiguchi M,Ota I

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of denuded rabbit corneal stromal carriers for 24 hr at 37 degrees C to suspensions of rabbit corneal epithelial cells grown in tissue culture resulted in the establishment of a cell layer on the carriers. The cell layers persisted for at least 1 week of incubation and were one to three cells thick. They cons...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Friend J,Kinoshita S,Thoft RA,Eliason JA

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Diabetes causes dysfunction in the retinal mitochondria and increases base mismatches in their DNA (mtDNA). The enzyme responsible for repairing the base mismatches, MutL homolog 1 (Mlh1), is compromised. Diabetes also favors many epigenetic modifications and activates DNA methylation machinery, and Mlh1 has a ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Mohammad G,Radhakrishnan R,Kowluru RA

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Müller cells are the principal glial cells of the retina. They span the entire thickness of the neural retina, and they are in close contact with neurons. Müller cells grow very slowly, and they undergo senescence with increasing passages. Moreover, successful primary cultures of Müller cells can be obtained on...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lupien CB,Salesse C

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the impact of amblyopia, strabismus and glasses on subjective visual and psychological function among amblyopes. METHODS:Questionnaires were administered to 120 teenagers with amblyopia (cases), with residual amblyopia after treatment, or with or without strabismus and 120 control subjects (controls)...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sabri K,Knapp CM,Thompson JR,Gottlob I

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Tissues derived from immune-privileged sites sometimes possess special characteristics that promote their own survival when transplanted to a nonprivileged site. This study was undertaken to evaluate whether retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) behaves as an immune-privileged tissue when transplanted extraocularly....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wenkel H,Streilein JW

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the effects of subconjunctival topotecan (TPT) in fibrin sealant (FS) in transgenic murine retinoblastoma (RB). METHODS:Growth inhibitory, apoptotic, and cell cycle effects of TPT were assayed in human RB cell lines. In a dose-escalation study, eight groups of three 10- to 14-week-old wild-type mice we...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tsui JY,Dalgard C,Van Quill KR,Lee L,Grossniklaus HE,Edelhauser HF,O'Brien JM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the relationship between reduced vision and low self-rating of global health, after taking into account many other related factors. METHODS:The Blue Mountains Eye Study examined 3654 residents aged > or =49 years (82.4% response) in an area west of Sydney, Australia. Presenting and best-corrected vis...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wang JJ,Mitchell P,Smith W

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effects of silencing Toll-like receptor (TLR) 9 signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis. METHODS:Corneal TLR9 mRNA levels were tested by RT-PCR in C57BL/6 (B6, susceptible) and BALB/c (resistant) mice and compared. The response of B6 mice to CpG DNA, which binds TLR9, was tested after su...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Huang X,Barrett RP,McClellan SA,Hazlett LD

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Bicarbonate transport plays a role in aqueous humor (AH) secretion. The authors examined bicarbonate transport mechanisms and carbonic anhydrase (CA) in porcine nonpigmented ciliary epithelium (NPE). METHODS:Cytoplasmic pH (pH(i)) was measured in cultured porcine NPE loaded with BCECF. Anion exchanger (AE), so...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shahidullah M,To CH,Pelis RM,Delamere NA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effects of X-linked and autosomal recessive Alport syndrome on retinal basement membranes and how these result in the characteristic perimacular dot-and-fleck retinopathy, lozenge, and macular hole. METHODS:The type IV collagen chains present in the normal retina were determined immunohistoche...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Savige J,Liu J,DeBuc DC,Handa JT,Hageman GS,Wang YY,Parkin JD,Vote B,Fassett R,Sarks S,Colville D

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Elevated levels of extracellular glutamate have been implicated in the pathophysiology of neuronal loss in both central nervous system and ophthalmic disorders, including glaucoma. This increase in glutamate may result from a failure of glutamate transporters, which are molecules that ordinarily regulate extrac...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Naskar R,Vorwerk CK,Dreyer EB

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We estimated coefficients of repeatability for Spectralis optical coherence tomography (OCT)-derived automated retinal thickness and volume measurements in subjects with center-involving diabetic macular edema (DME). METHODS:A total of 50 eyes of 50 consecutive patients with center-involving DME underwent four...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Comyn O,Heng LZ,Ikeji F,Bibi K,Hykin PG,Bainbridge JW,Patel PJ

更新日期：2012-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In tear fluid, a large number of proteins can be detected with electrophoretic or immunologic techniques. The composition of serum proteins in tears resembles that of whole serum. By comparison of the protein patterns resulting from different sampling methods, it was shown that serum albumin is not present in the secr...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Janssen PT,van Bijsterveld OP

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Aging affects a variety of visual functions. In this study, we aim to quantitatively investigate the temporal characteristics of visual processing in aging. Methods:Twelve younger (24.1 ± 1.6 years) and 12 older observers (58.4 ± 3.6 years) participated in the study. All participants had normal or corrected-to...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： He X,Shen M,Cui R,Zheng H,Ruan X,Lu ZL,Hou F

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the mechanisms underlying the head shaking shown by some patients with congenital nystagmus (CN). In order to improve visual function by head shaking, a patient with CN must have some visual acuity loss due to retinal image motion created by the nystagmus; an abnormal vestibulo-ocular reflex (...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Carl JR,Optican LM,Chu FC,Zee DS

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Glaucoma is the second most frequent cause of visual impairment worldwide. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) causes glaucomatous optic nerve damage, especially in the primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) subtype. As most previous studies on IOP genetics were analyses of glaucomatous families, a study of general...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee MK,Woo SJ,Kim JI,Cho SI,Kim H,Sung J,Seo JS,Kim DM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) drugs have dramatically improved the treatment of neovascular AMD. In pivotal studies, almost 90% of patients maintain vision, with approximately 30% showing significant improvement. Despite these successes, 10% to 15% of patients continue to lose vision, even...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wickremasinghe SS,Xie J,Lim J,Chauhan DS,Robman L,Richardson AJ,Hageman G,Baird PN,Guymer R

更新日期：2011-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure changes in nuclear gene expression resulting from mitochondrial dysfunction in retinal pigment epithelial cells. METHODS:ARPE-19 retinal pigment epithelial cells were depleted of their mitochondrial (mt)DNA by passaging in a low concentration of ethidium bromide. Loss of mitochondrial DNA was determ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Miceli MV,Jazwinski SM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural morphometric techniques were used to quantify pericyte degeneration in retinal and uveal capillaries of streptozotocin-diabetic rats in order to assess the suitability of this small rodent model of diabetes for studies of the pathogenesis of microvascular eye disease in diabetic humans. Male, Sprague-D...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Tilton RG,LaRose LS,Kilo C,Williamson JR

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Inflammatory status of RPE cells induced by A2E is essential in the development of AMD. Recent research indicated T-cell immunity was involved in the pathological progression of AMD. This study was designed to investigate how A2E suppresses immunoregulatory function of RPE cells in T-cell immunity in vitro. ME...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Shi Q,Wang Q,Li J,Zhou X,Fan H,Wang F,Liu H,Sun X,Sun X

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00