DRI OCT-1 Abstracts DRI OCT-1
... PURPOSE: To examine the incidence and characteristics of pit-like structures around the optic disc and myopic conus in eyes with high myopia. DESIGN: Prospective, observational case series. PARTICIPANTS: We evaluated 198 eyes of 119 patients with pathologic myopia (spherical equivalent >-8 diopters ...
... PURPOSE: To examine the incidence and characteristics of pit-like structures around the optic disc and myopic conus in eyes with high myopia. DESIGN: Prospective, observational case series. PARTICIPANTS: We evaluated 198 eyes of 119 patients with pathologic myopia (spherical equivalent >-8 diopters ...
Discharge-Rate Persistence of Baseline Activity
... Single-cell activity was recorded by advancing electrode into the lateral bank of the IPS. Once a neuron was isolated, we initially assessed the location of the receptive field using the delayed-response task. An isolated stimulus was presented at one of the six evenly separated directions on an imag ...
... Single-cell activity was recorded by advancing electrode into the lateral bank of the IPS. Once a neuron was isolated, we initially assessed the location of the receptive field using the delayed-response task. An isolated stimulus was presented at one of the six evenly separated directions on an imag ...
Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in vertebrate eye development
... (Figure 1E). The migrating neural crest cells inhibit the lens specification, while their ablation results in ectopic lens formation (Bailey et al., 2006). In chick embryos, the neural crest cells secrete multiple TGFβs which activate WNT/β-catenin signaling by inducing WNT2b in the adjacent non-len ...
... (Figure 1E). The migrating neural crest cells inhibit the lens specification, while their ablation results in ectopic lens formation (Bailey et al., 2006). In chick embryos, the neural crest cells secrete multiple TGFβs which activate WNT/β-catenin signaling by inducing WNT2b in the adjacent non-len ...
Autofluorescence from the Outer Retina and Subretinal Space
... increase in fluorophores in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). This chapter covers diseases and conditions causing increased autofluorescence generated from the outer retina and subretinal space in addition to the autofluorescence normally originating from the RPE (Fig. 17.1). This autofluorescen ...
... increase in fluorophores in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). This chapter covers diseases and conditions causing increased autofluorescence generated from the outer retina and subretinal space in addition to the autofluorescence normally originating from the RPE (Fig. 17.1). This autofluorescen ...
A Role for Tumor Necrosis Factor- in Experimental Bacillus cereus
... The inflammatory pathways involved in B. cereus-induced intraocular inflammation remain to be fully elucidated. However, such a rapid response strongly suggests that acute-phase mediators and immune cells are involved. As stated, under experimental conditions, TNF␣ is upregulated in the eye in paral ...
... The inflammatory pathways involved in B. cereus-induced intraocular inflammation remain to be fully elucidated. However, such a rapid response strongly suggests that acute-phase mediators and immune cells are involved. As stated, under experimental conditions, TNF␣ is upregulated in the eye in paral ...
Uveitis in dogs - Parry Medical Writing
... known as keratic precipitates, are usually located ventrally due to the presence of convection currents in the anterior chamber and thus may be overlooked. Hypopyon and hyphaema are accumulations of inflammatory cells or blood respectively, typically in the ventral anterior chamber, and represent th ...
... known as keratic precipitates, are usually located ventrally due to the presence of convection currents in the anterior chamber and thus may be overlooked. Hypopyon and hyphaema are accumulations of inflammatory cells or blood respectively, typically in the ventral anterior chamber, and represent th ...
Modification of the filehne illusion by conditioning visual stimuli
... size of the background pattern being only one among other factors (Wertheim 1981; de Graaf & Wertheim, 1988; Wertheim, 1994). While these studies emphasize the importance of the parameters defining the properties of the visual background for the magnitude and direction of the perception of its movem ...
... size of the background pattern being only one among other factors (Wertheim 1981; de Graaf & Wertheim, 1988; Wertheim, 1994). While these studies emphasize the importance of the parameters defining the properties of the visual background for the magnitude and direction of the perception of its movem ...
Sensory and sympathetic innervation of the mammalian
... The method of retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase-wheat germ agglutinin (HRP-WGA) was used to study the locations, numbers and somata diameters of cornea! afferent and efferent neurons in four different mammalian species. A 2% solution of HRP-WGA was applied to the central cornea of the r ...
... The method of retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase-wheat germ agglutinin (HRP-WGA) was used to study the locations, numbers and somata diameters of cornea! afferent and efferent neurons in four different mammalian species. A 2% solution of HRP-WGA was applied to the central cornea of the r ...
תקצירים
... ירושלי, רועי הולצמ – האוניברסיטה העברית.1 ROI HOLZMAN- THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY, JERUSALEM ...
... ירושלי, רועי הולצמ – האוניברסיטה העברית.1 ROI HOLZMAN- THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY, JERUSALEM ...
Sensory and sympathetic innervation of the mammalian
... The method of retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase-wheat germ agglutinin (HRP-WGA) was used to study the locations, numbers and somata diameters of cornea! afferent and efferent neurons in four different mammalian species. A 2% solution of HRP-WGA was applied to the central cornea of the r ...
... The method of retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase-wheat germ agglutinin (HRP-WGA) was used to study the locations, numbers and somata diameters of cornea! afferent and efferent neurons in four different mammalian species. A 2% solution of HRP-WGA was applied to the central cornea of the r ...
27TH Annual Meeting- 2007 - האגודה הישראלית לחקר העין והראיה
... ירושלים, רועי הולצמן – האוניברסיטה העברית.1 ROI HOLZMAN - THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY, JERUSALEM ...
... ירושלים, רועי הולצמן – האוניברסיטה העברית.1 ROI HOLZMAN - THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY, JERUSALEM ...
Correlation between Central Corneal Thickness, Intraocular
... and severity of glaucoma [1] . It is unclear whether risk attributed to CCT is only the result of inaccuracies in measurement of IOP or whether there are additional related factors, such as properties of the posterior sclera and lamina cribrosa, which may significantly influence the development and ...
... and severity of glaucoma [1] . It is unclear whether risk attributed to CCT is only the result of inaccuracies in measurement of IOP or whether there are additional related factors, such as properties of the posterior sclera and lamina cribrosa, which may significantly influence the development and ...
ocular disease - Review of Optometry
... who wear soft contact lenses and whose eyes are not red should be instructed to wait at least five minutes after instilling PAZEO™ Solution before they insert their contact lenses. The most commonly reported adverse reactions in a clinical study occurred in 2%-5% of patients treated with either PAZEO ...
... who wear soft contact lenses and whose eyes are not red should be instructed to wait at least five minutes after instilling PAZEO™ Solution before they insert their contact lenses. The most commonly reported adverse reactions in a clinical study occurred in 2%-5% of patients treated with either PAZEO ...
Posterior Capsule Opacification
... As the cataract operation continues to be perfected, major goal is to eliminate these complications. Clinical studies have reported an incidence varying between 10% - 50% of posterior capsule opacification following ECCE or phacoemulsification with PC IOL implantation. 1,2,3,12-15 Schaumberg et al c ...
... As the cataract operation continues to be perfected, major goal is to eliminate these complications. Clinical studies have reported an incidence varying between 10% - 50% of posterior capsule opacification following ECCE or phacoemulsification with PC IOL implantation. 1,2,3,12-15 Schaumberg et al c ...
Visual Function and Cortical Organization in Carriers of Blue Cone
... organization of the cortex. This is consistent with a model put forth by Wässle et al., who stated that ganglion cell density drives the retinotopic organization of the cortex [13,14] and is in contrast with models that invoke independent factors to regulate the size of the cortical representation ...
... organization of the cortex. This is consistent with a model put forth by Wässle et al., who stated that ganglion cell density drives the retinotopic organization of the cortex [13,14] and is in contrast with models that invoke independent factors to regulate the size of the cortical representation ...
Choline acetyltransferase in ocular tissues of rabbits, cats, cattle
... found an upper value of rabbit comeal epithelial choline acetyltransferase activity, 123.1 nmole ACh formed/hr./mg. of protein, approximately three times that reported here. Since there is normally great variation in the corneal enzyme activity of different rabbits (Fig. 1), these authors may have u ...
... found an upper value of rabbit comeal epithelial choline acetyltransferase activity, 123.1 nmole ACh formed/hr./mg. of protein, approximately three times that reported here. Since there is normally great variation in the corneal enzyme activity of different rabbits (Fig. 1), these authors may have u ...
Pupillary responses in amblyopia - British Journal of Ophthalmology
... being produced in the occluded eye, thus masking that in the amblyopic eye. As mentioned above,2' the PERG reduces in the occluded eye and disruption of the orientation of retinal receptors occurs.'3 Further study is needed to quantify the pupillary reactions of each eye to determine the answer to t ...
... being produced in the occluded eye, thus masking that in the amblyopic eye. As mentioned above,2' the PERG reduces in the occluded eye and disruption of the orientation of retinal receptors occurs.'3 Further study is needed to quantify the pupillary reactions of each eye to determine the answer to t ...
An Incremental Retinal-Defocus Theory of the Development of Myopia
... Neuromodulators Control Sensitivity to Changes in Retinal-Image Contrast In contrast to neurotransmitters such as glutamate, acetylcholine, and gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA), which respond rapidly to retinal ...
... Neuromodulators Control Sensitivity to Changes in Retinal-Image Contrast In contrast to neurotransmitters such as glutamate, acetylcholine, and gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA), which respond rapidly to retinal ...
Printing - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
... recovery is the rule, but can be reduced if the rupture involves the fovea [40]. Sclopetaria, traumatic chorioretinal rupture, is from a concussion injury where an object strikes the eye at high velocity but does not penetrate the eye. The choroid and retina are locally disrupted by the transmitted ...
... recovery is the rule, but can be reduced if the rupture involves the fovea [40]. Sclopetaria, traumatic chorioretinal rupture, is from a concussion injury where an object strikes the eye at high velocity but does not penetrate the eye. The choroid and retina are locally disrupted by the transmitted ...
Zebrafish mutants as models for congenital ocular
... identified zebrafish mutants that serve as models for inherited forms of human blindness (Table 1). Zebrafish models exist for human diseases affecting ocular morphogenesis (coloboma), the anterior chamber (glaucoma and cataracts), as well as several types of photoreceptor disorders (Usher Syndrome, ...
... identified zebrafish mutants that serve as models for inherited forms of human blindness (Table 1). Zebrafish models exist for human diseases affecting ocular morphogenesis (coloboma), the anterior chamber (glaucoma and cataracts), as well as several types of photoreceptor disorders (Usher Syndrome, ...
The pupillary and ciliary components of the cat Edinger
... were also labeled (D–J), presumably due to spread of tracer to the extraocular muscles and0or the oculomotor nerve. Labeled preganglionic motoneurons were present ventral to the oculomotor nucleus (D–G) and somatic motoneurons were sometimes present in and lateral to the medial longitudinal fascicul ...
... were also labeled (D–J), presumably due to spread of tracer to the extraocular muscles and0or the oculomotor nerve. Labeled preganglionic motoneurons were present ventral to the oculomotor nucleus (D–G) and somatic motoneurons were sometimes present in and lateral to the medial longitudinal fascicul ...
Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science v. Michel Millodot
... A condition characterized by reduced visual acuity due to a lesion in the eye or in the visual pathway, which hinders the normal development of vision, and which is not correctable by spectacles or contact lenses. The usual clinical criterion is 6/9 (or 20/30) or less in one eye, or a two-line diffe ...
... A condition characterized by reduced visual acuity due to a lesion in the eye or in the visual pathway, which hinders the normal development of vision, and which is not correctable by spectacles or contact lenses. The usual clinical criterion is 6/9 (or 20/30) or less in one eye, or a two-line diffe ...
Optical properties of the mouse eye
... aberrations can improve the quality of in vivo images of the mouse retina. In vivo imaging offers the advantage over post mortem histology of tracking in individual animals developmental changes, disease progression, or the efficacy of therapy. This can reduce the number of animals required and the ...
... aberrations can improve the quality of in vivo images of the mouse retina. In vivo imaging offers the advantage over post mortem histology of tracking in individual animals developmental changes, disease progression, or the efficacy of therapy. This can reduce the number of animals required and the ...
MD Research News - Macular Disease Foundation Australia
... presenting with fovea-involving submacular hemorrhage ≥ 4 disk areas in size, of <10 days of duration. All patients received a single 0.05-mL intravitreal injection of 50 μg alteplase, 0.3 mL of 100% C3F8, and facedown positioning for 1 week. Patients with newly diagnosed age-related macular degener ...
... presenting with fovea-involving submacular hemorrhage ≥ 4 disk areas in size, of <10 days of duration. All patients received a single 0.05-mL intravitreal injection of 50 μg alteplase, 0.3 mL of 100% C3F8, and facedown positioning for 1 week. Patients with newly diagnosed age-related macular degener ...
Understanding the vitreous
... and more numerous collagen fibrils, exactly parallel and at constant, interfibrillar separations contained in lamellae, which are ordered at right angles to each other. When the arrangement of either scenario is disrupted, the transparency of either tissue is compromised. Within the vitreous, change ...
... and more numerous collagen fibrils, exactly parallel and at constant, interfibrillar separations contained in lamellae, which are ordered at right angles to each other. When the arrangement of either scenario is disrupted, the transparency of either tissue is compromised. Within the vitreous, change ...