Thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer in amblyopic and normal eyes: A scanning laser polarimetry study

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 82-84

  Baddini Caramelli, Christiane ^a,b   Hatanaka, Marcelo ^a   Polati, Mariza ^a   Umino, Alexandre T ^a   Susanna Junior, Remo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0040750439     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpa.2001.112678     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Day S. Normal and abnormal visual development. In: Taylor D, editor. Pediatric ophthalmology. London: Blackwell Scientific Publications; 1990. p. 7-20.
2. Headon MP, Powell TP. Cellular changes in the lateral geniculate nucleus of infant monkeys after suture of the eyelids. J Anat 1973;116:135-45.
3. Sherman SM, Wilson JR. Behavioral and morphological evidence for binocular competition in the postnatal development of the dog's visual system. J Comp Neurol 1975;161:183-95.
4. von Noorden GK. Histological studies of the visual system in monkeys with experimental amblyopia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1973;12:727-38.
5. Wiesel TN, Hubel DH. Effects of visual deprivation on morphology and physiology of cells in the cat's lateral geniculate body. J Neurophysiol 1963;26:978-93.
6. von Noorden GK, Crawford MLJ, Levacy RA. The lateral geniculate nucleus in human anisometropic amblyopia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1983;24:788-90.
7. von Noorden GK, Crawford ML. The lateral geniculate nucleus in human strabismic amblyopia. Inv Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1992;33: 2729-32.
8. Rasch E, Swift H, Riesen AH, Chow KL. Altered structure and composition of retinal cells in dark-reared mammals. Exp Cell Res 1961;25:348-63.
9. Wendell-Smith CP. Effect of light deprivation on the postnatal development of the optic nerve. Nature 1964;204:707.
10. Chow KL. Failure to demonstrate changes in the visual system of monkeys kept in darkness or colored light. J Comp Neurol 1955; 102:597-606.
11. Weinreb RW, Shakiba S, Zangwill L. Scanning laser polarimetry to measure the nerve fiber layer of normal and glaucomatous eyes. Am J Ophthalmol 1995;119:627-36.
12. Galvão-Filho RP, Suzanna-Junior R. Study of the retinal nerve fiber layer thickness symmetry in normal subjects. Rev Bras Oftal 1998;57:935-9.
13. von Noorden GK. Amblyopia: a multidisciplinary approach. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1985;26:1704-16.
14. Chi QM, Tomita G, Inazumi K, Hayakawa T, Tadayoshi, Kitazawa Y. Evaluation of the effect of aging on the retinal nerve fiber layer thickness using scanning laser polarimetry. J Glaucoma 1995; 4:406-13.
15. Tjon-Fo-Sang MJ, de Vries J, Lemij HG. Measurement by nerve fiber analyzer of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in normal subjects and patients with ocular hypertension. Am J Ophthalmol 1996;122:220-7.
16. von Noorden GK, Dowling JE, Ferguson DC. Experimental amblyopia in monkeys. I. Behavioral studies of stimulus deprivation amblyopia. Arc Ophthalmol 1970;84:206-14.
17. Chow KL, Riesen AH, Newell FN. Degeneration of retinal ganglion cells in infant chimpanzees reared in darkness. J Comp Neurol 1957;107:27-42.
18. Sherman MS, Stone J. Physiological normalcy of the retina in visually deprived cats. Brain Res 1974;60:224-30.
19. von Noorden GK, Crawford MLJ, Middleditch PR. Effect of lid suture on retinal ganglion cells in Macaca mulatta. Brain Res 1977;122:437-44.
20. Colen TP, de Faber JTHN, Lemij HG. Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and human strabismic amblyopes. Binocul Vis Strabismus Q 2000;15:141-6.