Retinal thinning in tree shrews with induced high myopia: Optical coherence tomography and histological assessment

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 376-385

  Abbott, Carla J ^a   Grünert, Ulrike ^a,b,c   Pianta, Michael J ^a   McBrien, Neville A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL VISION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Myopia; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal cell density; Retinal thinning; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BIOMETRY; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBEDDING; HIGH MYOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINOPEXY; SCANDENTIA; THICKNESS; TISSUE SECTION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOPIA; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TUPAIA;

EID: 78651481936     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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