Differential retinal-defocus magnitude during eye growth provides the appropriate direction signal

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 791-795

  Hung, George K ^a   Ciuffreda, Kenneth J ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial length growth rate; Contrast; Myopia; Refractive error development; Retinal defocus

Indexed keywords

PROTEOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; CORNEA; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; LENS; NEUROMODULATION; PROTEOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS; RETINA IMAGE;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; EYE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RETINA;

EID: 0033817569     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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