Apoptosis in retinal ganglion cell decrease in human glaucomatous eyes.

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare color Doppler imaging (CDI) parameters of the superior ophthalmic vein (SOV) in patients with Graves' orbitopathy (GO) and in normal controls. METHODS:Forty-three GO patients and 14 normal controls underwent CDI of the SOV. Patients had either fibrotic (lipogenic or myogenic) or congestive orbitopat...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Monteiro MLR,Angotti-Neto H,Benabou JE,Betinjane AJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure choroidal thickness in healthy pregnant women using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) and compare the measurements with those of healthy non-pregnant women. METHODS:Choroidal thickness was measured at the fovea and at 3 mm superior, inferior, temporal, and nasal to the fo...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Takahashi J,Kado M,Mizumoto K,Igarashi S,Kojo T

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated the use of immunological biomarkers in transconjunctival immunotherapy by using cholera toxin B for treating experimental allergic conjunctivitis in a mouse model. METHODS:Balb/c mice were sensitized using intraperitoneal injections of ovalbumin (OVA) and were then divided into two groups. The fir...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Oikawa A,Shoji J,Inada N,Sawa M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ocular penetration of two beta-adrenergic blockers, befunolol and timolol, was studied using albino and pigmented rabbits. A 1% ophthalmic solution of 14C-befunolol hydrochloride or 14C-timolol maleate was instilled in one eye of nonsedated rabbits, and the concentrations of radioactive material in the ocular tiss...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Araie M,Takase M,Sakai Y,Ishii Y,Yokoyama Y,Kitagawa M

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess whether the outcomes of toric intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in eyes with oblique astigmatism can be improved by direct measurements of posterior corneal astigmatism using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) instead of by using anterior corneal measurements alone. STUDY DESIGN...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nakano S,Iida M,Hasegawa Y,Hiraoka T,Oshika T

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term incubation of the lens of rainbow trout, a cold water fish, can be carried out at 0 degrees C, without altering its transparency. This is not possible in mammalian lenses. Rainbow trout lenses maintained their transparency with normal cation levels for 2.5 months in H10 medium, which is a simple balanced sal...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hikida M,Iwata S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of three sulfhydryl agents on the cytoskeletal systems of cultured human trabecular cells were examined by the immunofluorescence method. Incubation with iodoacetamide or N-ethyl maleimide (10(-6) M, 10(-5) M, and 10(-4) M) caused a marked alteration on the actin and microtubule organization, but had littl...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Iwamoto Y,Tamura M,Nakatsuka K,Yamanouchi U

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of intraocular tumors, specifically uveal melanoma, is a matter of controversy. The treatment of these ocular neoplasms varies from observation to enucleation, irradiation (cobalt plaque and proton-helium particle) and eye wall resection. Over the last 18 years, we have developed two techniques for surgical...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Peyman GA,Gremillion CM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe baseline measures of refraction, accommodation, and heterophoria in Japanese schoolchildren enrolled in a randomized clinical trial that examines whether progressive addition lenses slow myopic progression compared with single-focus lenses. METHODS:Ninety-five children with myopia between -1.25 and...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hasebe S,Nonaka F,Nakatsuka C,Ohtsuki H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although air bags have been shown to reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents, there have been many reports of air bag-related ocular injuries. We recently treated air bag-related corneal laceration in a patient wearing eyeglasses at the time of a motor accident....

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Tsuda Y,Wakiyama H,Amemiya T

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgically resected subretinal proliferative tissue (SRP) in proliferative vitreoretinopathy was examined by morphological and immunohistochemical methods. Membranous and strand-like SRPs were observed. Membranous SRP (4 cases) consisted of retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPEs) and a thin layer of extracellular mate...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Okada M,Ogino N,Matsumura M,Honda Y,Nagai Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the progression of posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) during aging among eyes of diabetics with diabetic retinopathy (DR), eyes of diabetics without DR, and eyes of nondiabetics. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective cross-sectional study. METHODS:One-hundred thirty-three diabetic eyes with DR (DR group), 254 ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hayashi K,Sato T,Manabe SI,Hirata A,Yoshimura K

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proliferative activity of the lens epithelium in the early stages of cataract crisis was investigated in rats and mice using the 3H-thymidine autoradiographic method with the whole-mount preparations of total lens epithelial cells. Three-week-old Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were given a diet which included galactose ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Terubayashi H,Tsuji T,Okamoto S,Ikebe H,Akagi Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Localization of carbonic anhydrase (CA) was investigated in the rat eye by light and electron microscopy, and the inhibitory effects on CA distribution in the rat eye were compared between dorzolamide and acetazolamide. The cobalt sulfide histochemical method was used to study the CA localization. Acidic osmification ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Terashima H,Suzuki K,Kato K,Sugai N

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the clinical significance of the photopic negative response (PhNRs) elicited by different stimuli from glaucomatous eyes. STUDY DESIGN:Single-center observational study METHOD: Eighty-four eyes of 84 patients with open angle glaucoma (OAG) and 40 eyes of 40 normal subjects were studied. Cone electro...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hara Y,Machida S,Ebihara S,Ishizuka M,Tada A,Nishimura T

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravitreal drug injections using a short 34-gauge needle. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective study. METHODS:This study included patients with age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, or macular edema associated with retinal vein occlusion. We reviewed the medi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sasajima H,Tsuboi K,Murotani K,Kamei M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the efficacy of the tear sampling method using a filter paper to evaluate eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) levels in patients with allergic disorders. METHODS:Subjects were an allergic group comprising patients with allergic conjunctivitis, vernal keratoconjunctivitis, or atopic keratoconjunct...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Shoji J,Kitazawa M,Inada N,Sawa M,Ono T,Kawamura M,Kato H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca movements in mechanical responses of the isolated sphincter and dilator muscles of the rabbit iris to some drugs were studied. D600, a Ca-blocker, was practically ineffective in doses which relax the vascular and intestinal smooth muscles, while other smooth muscle relaxants were effective on the iris muscles in th...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Takayanagi I,Kaneko M,Hisayama T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To shorten the duration of prone positioning after macular hole surgery from 1 week to 1 day, and to evaluate preoperative factors and the initial hole closure rate. METHODS:The subjects were 33 patients (34 eyes) who underwent macular hole surgery between April 1998 and August 1999, and maintained the prone p...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Isomae T,Sato Y,Shimada H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to elucidate the extension of the corneal endothelium onto the iris surface, a condition which has been found in the eyes with rubeosis iridis in various ocular disorders. Histopathology of the anterior chamber angle was studied by electron microscopy in 6 eyes with neovascular glaucoma oc...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nomura T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the utility values associated with visual loss due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Japanese patients. METHODS:Utility values in 48 Japanese patients with bilateral exudative AMD were measured using the time trade-off and standard gamble methods. RESULTS:The time trade-off method ut...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Yanagi Y,Ueta T,Obata R,Iriyama A,Fukuda T,Hashimoto H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic retinopathy is a frequent cause of visual impairment in working-age adults (≥ 30 years) and in Japan is most commonly observed in those aged 50-69 years. Diabetic macular edema (DME) is one of the main causes of vision disturbance in diabetic retinopathy, which is a clinically significant microvascular compli...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Terasaki H,Ogura Y,Kitano S,Sakamoto T,Murata T,Hirakata A,Ishibashi T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the epidemiology and clinical outcomes of open globe injuries (OGIs) in Japan over 10 years, and examine preoperative factors influencing the visual prognosis after surgery. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective, observational, multicenter case-series study. METHODS:Patients' data were entered into a compute...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Okamoto Y,Morikawa S,Okamoto F,Inomoto N,Ishikawa H,Ueda T,Sakamoto T,Sugitani K,Oshika T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of medullated nerve fibers of the retina were seen. They had medullated nerve fibers in both the upper and lower quadrants of the temporal retina, whereby the temporal raphe of the retinal nerve fiber layer could be visualized. Some nerve fibers from the upper and lower quadrants crossed each other on the ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sakai T,Sano K,Tsuzuki K,Ueno M,Kawamura Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether retinal glial cells (RGCs), which are believed to play an important role in the development and maintenance of microvessels, stimulate the proliferation of retinal bovine microvascular pericytes, an essential component of the vessels. METHODS:Conditioned medium (CM) was collected from a ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ikuno Y,Hibino S,Bando H,Kawasaki Y,Nakamura T,Tano Y

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported a case of congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) who showed Schubert-Bornschein type electroretinogram (ERG) in the right eye and nearly normal ERG in the left eye with absolute glaucoma. From the electrophysiological findings of both eyes and histological findings of the enucleated eye, we concluded...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kato M,Aonuma H,Kawamura H,Miura Y,Watanabe I

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the effectiveness, safety, and stability of laser subepithelial keratomileusis (LASEK), a modified photorefractive keratectomy for low to moderate myopia. METHODS:This study evaluated the results of LASEK in 48 myopic patients (84 eyes) with a consecutive 6-month follow-up period. Preoperative myopi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lee JB,Choe CM,Seong GJ,Gong HY,Kim EK

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the clinical features and treatment outcomes of severe retinopathy in eyes with incontinentia pigmenti (IP) of infants within a few months of birth. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective clinical study. METHODS:Six eyes of three patients (6-day-old girl, 5-month-old girl, and 14-day-old boy) with IP were exa...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nakao S,Nishina S,Tanaka S,Yoshida T,Yokoi T,Azuma N

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of four commercially available irrigating solutions on the spreading of rabbit corneal endothelial cells on various extracellular matrices were studied. Cultured rabbit corneal endothelial cells, suspended in one of the following intraocular irrigating solutions, Opeguard MA, BSS, BSS Plus, lactated Ringer...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nishida T,Otori T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The motoneurons innervating the musculus levator palpebrae superioris (LPS) of the monkey, the cat and the rabbit were studied using horseradish peroxidase (HRP). Furthermore, LPS motoneurons of the cat and rabbit were studied by the double-labeling method using two fluorescent dyes as retrograde neuronal tracers. Aft...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hiramoto D,Sekiya H,Kojima Y,Mukuno K,Ishikawa S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00