abstract：:Ocular pneumoplethysmography was performed before and after 1,737 carotid endarterectomies, 82% of which were performed for carotid lesions of hemodynamic consequence. Preoperative ocular hypoperfusion without ischemia was associated with at least transient postoperative ocular hyperemia. A difference in ocular volume...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Gee W,Reed JF 3rd

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the effect of interleukin-10 (IL-10) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) on the down-regulation of MHC class II antigens, bovine retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells were incubated with interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in different concentrations. Subsequently, the IFN-gamma pretreated RPE cells ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Enzmann V,Stadler M,Wiedemann P,Kohen L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main objective of this study was to determine the intraocular concentration of fluorescein after applying five eye drops with only 1-min intervals in human eyes. The concentration of fluorescein in corea and aqueous was studied with fluorophotometry in 11 healthy volunteers. Five 10-microliter drops of 2% fluoresc...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Lindén C,Alm A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabinoid receptor involvement in the intraocular-pressure (IOP)-lowering effect of the cannabinoids has not been determined. These receptors bind four structural classes of agonists: the classical and the nonclassical cannabinoids, the aminoalkylindoles and the arachidonylethanolamides (the endogenous ligands). We ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Hodges LC,Reggio PH,Green K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effect of single or repeated topical applications of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) to the cornea on the blood-aqueous barrier, we have measured the extent of flare in the anterior chamber of rabbit eyes at various time intervals. PGE2 was applied to the cornea for 4 min with the use of a glass cylinder in pi...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Numata-Watanabe K,Hirata H,Hiraki S,Hayasaka S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low intensity diffuse white fluorescent light (1,000 lx for 2 h) exclusively induced photoreceptor damage in the inferior retina of albino rats; the temporal retina showed extensive damage, whereas the nasal retina revealed threshold lesions prior to recovery. To expand our morphological data, further experiments were...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： de Raad S,Szczesny PJ,Munz K,Remé CE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the possible role of nitric oxide in the pathogenesis of exogenous prostaglandin (PG) induced aqueous flare elevation, we examined the effect of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), an L-arginine analogue acting as a specific inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, on the elevation of aqueous flare in pi...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Hiraki S,Zhang XY,Hayasaka S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related lens opacity is the major cause of loss of vision affecting more than half of the world's blind. The development of cataract is associated with changes in the structure of the lens. The lens consists largely of closely packed fibre cells forming a transparent syncytium. The main intrinsic polypeptide (MIP)...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Lea EJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calf water-soluble (WS) crystallins consist of high-molecular weight (HM), alpha-, beta H-, beta L-, beta s- and gamma-crystallins. alpha-Crystallin as a molecular chaperone forms a structure with a central hole, known as Carver's model. The only crystallins fitting into this central cavity are beta s- and gamma-cryst...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Bours J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional Scheimpflug photography uses slits with a constant width of 80 microns. This parameter limits the resolution as sharp contours are imaged with a basic uncertainty. In order to reduce this basic uncertainty we developed an illumination slit with a width of 20 microns and less, using a green helium-neon las...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Huebscher HJ,Möller DE,Seiler T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop a more adequate ultraviolet (UV)-induced cataract model, a combination of l-buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) treatment was applied to experimental animals. A single administration of BSO 4 mmol/kg caused reduced glutathione concentration until experimental day 8. In the 0.067-J/cm2 UV-B irradiation exp...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Hatano T,Kojima M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalase activity was evaluated in Long Evans rat retina after ischemia and reperfusion. Ischemia was induced by ligation of the optic nerve and vessels. Rats were sacrificed after 15 and 120 min of reperfusion, respectively. Catalase activity was assessed by Claiborne's method and was expressed as U/mg of protein. In...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Lewden O,Garcher C,Morales C,Javouhey A,Rochette L,Bron AM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this investigation the authors studied the effect of dapiprazole, an alpha-adrenergic blocking agent, on aqueous humor dynamics in patients affected with pigmentary glaucoma. METHODS:Dapiprazole 0.5% eye drops were administered 3 times daily as adjunctive therapy to 16 pigmentary glaucoma patients in additi...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Mastropasqua L,Carpineto P,Ciancaglini M,Lobefalo L,Costagliola C,Gallenga PE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using cuprolinic blue staining, we histochemically examined the ultrastructural localization of proteoglycans in the fibrous-type human posterior capsule opacification. This capsule opacification contained proteoglycans that showed positive staining with cuprolinic blue. Many cuprolinic-blue-positive filaments were pr...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Ishibashi T,Araki H,Sugai S,Tawara A,Inomata H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain the effectiveness of topical antioxidant therapy on acute corneal inflammation, we have studied the effectiveness of topical treatment with a saline solution and with antioxidants such as 0.2% superoxide dismutase and 0.5% dimethylthiourea (DMTU) in a controlled experimental study. The evolution of the in...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Alio JL,Ayala MJ,Mulet ME,Artola A,Ruiz JM,Bellot J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of optic nerve axons was examined in several mammals (human, cat, rat, sheep, ox, pig, guinea pig, rabbit). Human material was obtained from normotensive, glaucoma-free eyes and from eyes with a history of glaucoma and raised intra-ocular pressure (IOP). We describe accumulations of organelles (prin...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Holländer H,Makarov F,Stefani FH,Stone J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of chondroitin- and heparan sulfate-containing proteoglycans and type IV collagen was searched for in human cameral mucous gel (CMG). Monoclonal antibodies specific for human heparan sulfate, chondroitin sulfate and collagen IV were used in ultrathin sections of Lowicryl-embedded human CMG. Only chondroit...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Carreras FJ,Porcel D

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naphthalene-induced rat cataract is a useful experimental cataract--however, because of its short survival period, studies using this model have been for limited purposes. Based on the consideration that the short survival might be caused by systemic toxicity of an overdose of naphthalene administration (1 g/kg body w...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Nagata M,Murano H,Kojima M,Sasaki K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-toxic concentrations of ceftazidime (CAZ), cefuzonam sodium (CZON) and cefmetazole sodium (CMZ) for intravitreal use were assessed by the electroretinogram in in vitro perfused eyecups of albino rabbits. None of the a-wave, the b-wave and the oscillatory potentials deteriorated with 300 microM CAZ, 300 microM CZON...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Kitano K,Shirao Y,Kawasaki K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eyes of 200 rats (Mol:SPRD, Moellegaard Ltd., Skensvet, Denmark), 8 weeks of age and of both sexes, were examined routinely with a photo-slitlamp microscope (Zeiss) and opthalmoscope (Heine) 3-4 times in the course of four different 12-week toxicity studies. The animals were kept under constant lighting conditions...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Wegener A,Jochims K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinergic agents used to lower intraocular pressure in the medical management of glaucoma act on muscarinic receptors in the eye. Recently, subtypes of muscarinic receptors have been recognized in many tissues including the eye. To localize the M3 muscarinic receptor subtype and m3 messenger RNA (mRNA) in the human ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Gupta N,Drance SM,McAllister R,Prasad S,Rootman J,Cynader MS

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesize that the differential susceptibility to photic injury among different strains of rat retinas may depend on the levels of phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (PHGPX) activity, one of the endogenous antioxidant enzymes in the retina. The retinas of four inbred strains of albino rat (Fischer,...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Wang L,Lam TT,Lam KW,Tso MO

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble dextran polymer derivatives (CMDBSs) are originally synthesized as heparin-like plasma substitutes. Some of them mimic heparin in its interactions and stabilize, protect and facilitate actions of heparin binding growth factors. The wound healing activity of one specific CMDBS was studied in a model of corneal ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Fredj-Reygrobellet D,Hristova DL,Ettaiche M,Meddahi A,Jozefonwicz J,Barritault D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to know the correlation of a drug with high affinity to melanin in the iris ciliary body with the amount of melanin contained in the iris ciliary tissues, an in vivo study was performed on pigmented rabbits with brown or blue irises and albino rabbits. The melanin concentrations in the iris ciliary bodies of ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Fukuda M,Sasaki K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local pO2 was measured close to the ciliary process of the rabbit eye using polarographic microelectrodes under microendoscopic observation. The experiments were performed in 5 anaesthetized New Zealand rabbits. Changes in local pO2, intraocular pressure (IOP) and blood flow velocity (BFV) were investigated after intr...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Höper J,Funk RH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aqueous humors of 100 freshly enucleated rabbit eyes were assessed within 10 min postmortem by taking samples in the last stage of corneal dissection following the Dikstein-Maurice procedure. Aqueous levels of partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) averaged 58.2 +/- 8.5 mm Hg to give calculated tCO2 and bicarbo...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Doughty MJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The refractive indices in various rat retinal layers, based on the total dry mass concentration, ranged from 1.369 to 1.385. The ratios of the refractive indices of neighboring retinal layers were near unity. This finding suggests that light passes through the rat retina without much refraction. ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Chen E

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the combined influence of age and light, the b-wave and oscillatory potentials (OPs) of the electroretinogram (ERG) were recorded in 1.5-, 7- and 12-month-old WAG/Rij rats, reared under homogenous low-intensity cyclic light exposure. Wistar albino rats of the same ages, reared under the same co...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Cillino S,Guarneri R,Guarneri P,Pennica C,Chichi G,Piccoli F,Ponte F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the variability of the amplitude ratios and latencies of the electro-oculogram (EOG) light peak (LP) in three different recording conditions: Arden ratio (dark trough (DT): 12 min), modified Arden ratio (DT: 15 min) and light peak/dark baseline ratio (LP/BL: 35 min of dark adap...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Lessel MR,Thaler A,Scheiber V,Heilig P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The topographic distribution of enzyme activities in normal rat lenses and their changes occurring during naphthalene cataract development were investigated. Cataract formation was documented by slit images according to the Scheimpflug principle. Before the onset of visible changes and after the development of early v...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Kojima M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined and characterized the distribution and kinetics of the inflammatory cell response to pseudomonas ocular challenge in susceptible C57BL/6J and resistant DBA/2J mice. Initially, in the cornea, the number of neutrophilic leukocytes (PMNs), macrophages/monocytes or lymphocytes was 2-2.5 times greater i...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Hazlett LD,Zucker M,Berk RS

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodocumented measurements of the lens thickness using an EAS-1000 Scheimpflug camera were performed in 261 cataract eyes (162 pure type) compared with 52 control eyes. The lens thickness in normal eyes usually increased with age by 0.015 mm annually. The cataractous lens, especially in the anterior subcapsular type...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Shyn KH,Kim HC,Kim JC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ibudilast selectively vasodilates cerebral vessels without reducing blood pressure. We investigated the effect of the drug on retinal circulation in 8 patients with diabetes mellitus, using the video-densitometric image analysis of fluorescein angiography. We compared the build up time, the time constant of washout ra...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Suzuki R,Sugihara I,Ishibashi T,Kurimoto S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polyamines putrescine, spermidine and spermine have been proposed to be a part of the acute phase inflammatory response. They have been shown to be useful markers for cellular kinetics and change with various pathological conditions. The hypothesis that aqueous humor polyamines could be used to follow the time cou...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Wickström K,Lundgren B,Törngren L,Ostberg C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate biochemical and morphological changes in rat lenses following long-term UV B irradiation. After an irradiation period of 156 days with follow-up documentation by means of Scheimpflug photography, section-related biochemical analyses of the lenses as well as histological ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Schmidt J,Schmitt C,Kojima M,Hockwin O

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and extension of fibrovascular or fibroglial membranes onto the retinal surface are a major cause of visual loss in diabetic patients with proliferative retinopathy and in patients suffering from retinal detachment with proliferative vitreoretinopathy. The pathogenesis of these proliferative diseases, ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Fredj-Reygrobellet D,Baudouin C,Nègre F,Caruelle JP,Gastaud P,Lapalus P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 304 conjunctiva in 152 subjects by clinical, cytologic, and bacteriologic methods. Bacteriologic samples were evaluated after a 48-hour incubation. Bacterial growth was found in 8 (20.5%) of 39 patients with clinically normal conjunctiva and no polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), and in 8 (61.5%) of 13 su...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Ugomori S,Hayasaka S,Setogawa T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of inhibition of both glutathione synthesis and of glutathione reductase and catalase activities have been determined in the regulation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the anterior chamber of pigmented rabbits. Glutathione reductase inhibition using intravitreal 1,3-bis-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Costarides AP,Riley MV,Green K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid peroxidation was induced with porcine retinal homogenates using ferric iron or UV light. A number of lipid and aqueous-soluble antioxidants were tested and their protective effects measured after 60 min of exposure. The iron system produced up to 5 times more lipid hydroperoxides as quantified by the fluorescenc...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Hiramitsu T,Armstrong D

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for microscopical observation and quantification of corneal neovascularization in the living mouse is described. Measurements of the corneal vasculature were made on still-mode video-pictures of the cornea. The validity of the method was shown by the high correlation between the morphometric measurements and ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic research

authors： Falkvoll KH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00