Effects of repeated microwave irradiations to the albino rabbit eye.

abstract：Purpose:To evaluate the relationship between refractive error, circadian phase, and melatonin with consideration of prior light exposure, physical activity, and sleep. Methods:Healthy young myopic (spherical equivalent refraction [SER] ≤-0.50DS) and emmetropic adults underwent noncycloplegic autorefraction and axial l...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Flanagan SC,Cobice D,Richardson P,Sittlington JJ,Saunders KJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The chaperone proteins, α-crystallins, also possess antiapoptotic properties. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether 19 to 20-mer α-crystallin-derived mini-chaperone peptides (α-crystallin mini-chaperone) are antiapoptotic, and to identify their putative transporters in human fetal RPE (hfR...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sreekumar PG,Chothe P,Sharma KK,Baid R,Kompella U,Spee C,Kannan N,Manh C,Ryan SJ,Ganapathy V,Kannan R,Hinton DR

更新日期：2013-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblasts in the retroocular connective tissue appear to play a central role in the pathogenesis of Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO). We hypothesize that specific attributes, differentiating normal from GO retroocular fibroblasts, may render the latter more vulnerable to the ongoing immunopathological process in GO. We i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Heufelder AE,Wenzel BE,Bahn RS

更新日期：1992-02-01 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：:In order to determine whether a possible barrier exists to diffusion of tracer into the optic nerve during development and to provide a basis for later studies of retrograde axonal transport in embryonic nerves, we studied the diffusion of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) into the nerve after vitreal injections in chicks ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kistler HB Jr,LaVail JH

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess visual acuity recovery times and cone photopigment regeneration kinetics after a bleach in the fovea of patients with dominant retinitis pigmentosa due to rhodopsin mutations. METHODS:The authors measured acuity recovery times by computerized photostress testing in 13 patients with dominant retinitis...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sandberg MA,Pawlyk BS,Berson EL

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Reading a text requires vergence angle adjustments, so that the images in the two eyes fall on corresponding retinal areas. Vergence adjustments bring the two retinal images into Panum's fusional area and therefore, small remaining errors or regulations do not lead to double vision. The present study evaluated ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Jainta S,Dehnert A,Heinrich SP,Jaschinski W

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypotensive effect of ascorbate on intraocular pressure has been reported following topical application, oral administration, or anterior chamber infusion in animals. The present report describes the correlation of aqueous humor ascorbate concentration with intraocular pressure as well as outflow facility in vivo....

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lee PF,Fox R,Henrick I,Lam WK

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the intracellular mechanisms that induce amyloid beta (Abeta) accumulation and angiogenesis in the human retinal pigment epithelial cell line ARPE19. METHODS:The authors used two endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-inducing reagents, thapsigargin (TG), which inhibits the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic c...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Koyama Y,Matsuzaki S,Gomi F,Yamada K,Katayama T,Sato K,Kumada T,Fukuda A,Matsuda S,Tano Y,Tohyama M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To optimize fixation, sectioning, and immunolabeling protocols to map the morphology of the human lens with confocal microscopy. METHODS:Transparent human lenses were fixed in 0.75% paraformaldehyde for 24 hours, cut in half, and fixed for another 24 hours. Lenses were cryoprotected, sectioned, and labeled wit...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Lim JC,Walker KL,Sherwin T,Schey KL,Donaldson PJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) transplantation is a promising strategy for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). However, previous attempts at subretinal RPE cell transplantation have experienced limited success due to poor adhesion, organization, and function on aged or diseased Bruch'...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： McHugh KJ,Tao SL,Saint-Geniez M

更新日期：2014-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the incidence of mutations in RPGR ORF15 in six families with X-linked progressive retinal degeneration (cone-rod dystrophy [XLCORD], macular or cone dystrophy) and to undertake a detailed phenotypic assessment of families in whom ORF15 mutations were identified. METHODS:To amplify and sequence ORF15 i...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ebenezer ND,Michaelides M,Jenkins SA,Audo I,Webster AR,Cheetham ME,Stockman A,Maher ER,Ainsworth JR,Yates JR,Bradshaw K,Holder GE,Moore AT,Hardcastle AJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present a detailed phenotypic and molecular study of a series of 18 patients from 11 families with retinal dystrophies consequent on mutations in the cone-rod homeobox (CRX) gene and to report a novel phenotype. METHODS:Families were ascertained from a tertiary clinic in the United Kingdom and enrolled into...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Hull S,Arno G,Plagnol V,Chamney S,Russell-Eggitt I,Thompson D,Ramsden SC,Black GC,Robson A,Holder GE,Moore AT,Webster AR

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the possible presence of a major gene determining susceptibility to cortical cataract. METHODS:The percentage of the lens area involved with cortical opacity, summed over both eyes, was evaluated in 1275 individuals from the Beaver Dam Eye Study. After adjusting for the effects of age and sex, these...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Heiba IM,Elston RC,Klein BE,Klein R

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize photoreceptor cell apoptosis and cell loss in a mouse model of experimental retinal detachment (RD), and to use the technology of mouse genetics to study the molecular mechanisms underlying RD-associated photoreceptor degeneration. METHODS:Retinal detachments were created in adult wild-type and...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yang L,Bula D,Arroyo JG,Chen DF

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The pharmacokinetics of ophthalmic biotherapeutics are difficult to determine in human vitreous humor. Because of the high transparency of living tissue to near-infrared (NIR) light, the temporal changes in vitreous concentrations of a biomolecule labeled with an NIR fluorescent probe can be monitored in situ w...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Basile AS,Glazier G,Lee A,Jiang LY,Johnson TR,Shields MJ,Vezina M,Doppalapudi VR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mutations of the CHM gene underlie the X-linked chorioretinal degeneration choroideremia (CHM). The affected gene product, Rab Escort Protein (REP)1, mediates the posttranslational prenyl modification of Rab GTPases. In patients with CHM, the related REP2 partially compensates for the loss of function of REP1. ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Moosajee M,Tulloch M,Baron RA,Gregory-Evans CY,Pereira-Leal JB,Seabra MC

更新日期：2009-06-01 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:To compare visual function assessment, optic disc evaluation by indirect ophthalmoscopy, and retinal nerve fiber layer analysis by optical coherence tomography (OCT) for the screening of optic pathway gliomas in pediatric patients (2-15 years old) affected by neurofibromatosis type 1. METHODS:Fifty-seven conse...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Parrozzani R,Clementi M,Kotsafti O,Miglionico G,Trevisson E,Orlando G,Pilotto E,Midena E

更新日期：2013-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The values of Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph (HRT; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) stereometric parameters depend on the reference plane (RP), the instability of which results in parameter variability. Identification of change depends on RP stability. This study was undertaken to evaluate the influen...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Poli A,Strouthidis NG,Ho TA,Garway-Heath DF

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the source of the retinol which has been identified in the tear fluid, the lacrimal gland ducts of rabbits and rats were cannulated and the collected lacrimal gland fluid was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography. Retinol was identified in the lacrimal gland fluid of rabbits and rats...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Ubels JL,Foley KM,Rismondo V

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:It is well documented that grafting of cells in the subretinal space of Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) rats limits deterioration of vision and loss of photoreceptors if performed early in postnatal life. What is unclear is whether cells introduced later, when photoreceptor degeneration is already advanced, can...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Wang S,Lu B,Girman S,Holmes T,Bischoff N,Lund RD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual thresholds and rhodopsin levels were determined in nine subjects with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. The subjects fell into two groups, corresponding to two subtypes of the disease revealed by two-color, dark-adapted static perimetry. In the first of these subtypes, rod-mediated function was variably ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kemp CM,Jacobson SG,Faulkner DJ

更新日期：1988-08-01 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:Examine associations between the vasculature at arteriovenous (AV) crossings and the onset of branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). Methods:We included 78 patients with major BRVO, 35 patients with macular BRVO, and 110 controls without BRVO and determined the vessel positions at AV crossings, where the first-...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Kogo T,Muraoka Y,Iida Y,Ooto S,Murakami T,Kadomoto S,Iida-Miwa Y,Numa S,Miyake M,Miyata M,Uji A,Tsujikawa A

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To compare cross-sectional choroidal morphology in rhesus macaque and human eyes using enhanced-depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) and histologic analysis. Methods:Enhanced-depth imaging-OCT images from 25 rhesus macaque and 30 human eyes were evaluated for choriocapillaris and choroidal-scle...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Yiu G,Vuong VS,Oltjen S,Cunefare D,Farsiu S,Garzel L,Roberts J,Thomasy SM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pattern ERGs in response to pattern-reversal stimuli varying in spatial frequency (range: 0.2-9.03 cycles/deg) and contrast (range: 0.03-0.93) were recorded from two normal male subjects. At most spatial frequencies the response amplitude increased linearly up to the highest contrast without saturation. From the ampli...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Korth M,Rix R,Sembritzki O

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Contrast detection is commonly measured clinically; however, discrimination between contrasts is also important for natural vision. Furthermore, optimal performance requires the visual system to adapt to ambient contrast conditions. Recent studies of primate neurophysiology demonstrate significant retinal invol...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： McKendrick AM,Sampson GP,Walland MJ,Badcock DR

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tunicamycin (TM), a selective inhibitor of dolichylphosphate-dependent oligosaccharide biosynthesis, effectively blocks glycosylation, but not synthesis, of opsin, the rod visual pigment apoglycoprotein. In parallel with this inhibition, vesicular membrane material accumulates in the compartment between rod inner and ...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Defoe DM,Besharse JC,Fliesler SJ

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We used a rabbit model to evaluate the interface embedded between the recipient corneas and transplanted donor corneal discs after non-Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (nDSAEK). METHODS:Unilateral DSAEK and nDSAEK surgeries were performed on New Zealand white rabbits. In vivo confocal mi...

journal_title：Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors： Sun JP,Hu FR,Chen YM,Chu HS,Chen WL

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00