Visual influences on diurnal rhythms in ocular length and choroidal thickness in chick eyes

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-181

  Nickla, Debora L ^a   Wildsoet, Christine ^b   Wallman, Josh ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior chamber; Axial length; Chicken; Choroid; Circadian; Diurnal rhythms; Eye growth; Form deprivation; Growth regulation; Myopia; Recovery; Sclera

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHOROID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; GROWTH; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; VISION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0031936981     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0420     Document Type: Article

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