Optical correction of form deprivation myopia inhibits refractive recovery in chick eyes with intact or sectioned optic nerves

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 3273-3282

  Wildsoet, C F ^a   Schmid, K L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chick; Emmetropization; Form deprivation; Lens correction; Myopia; Optic nerve section

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMMETROPIZATION; EYE; LENS; MYOPIA; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EYE; LENSES; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTIC NERVE; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 0033816014     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00138-3     Document Type: Article

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