Age-dependence of the optomechanical responses of ex vivo human lenses from India and the USA, and the force required to produce these in a lens stretcher: The similarity to in vivo disaccommodation

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1667-1678

  Augusteyn, Robert C ^a,b,c   Mohamed, Ashik ^a,d   Nankivil, Derek ^a,c   Veerendranath, Pesala ^a,d   Arrieta, Esdras ^a,c   Taneja, Mukesh ^a,d   Manns, Fabrice ^a,c,e   Ho, Arthur ^a,b   Parel, Jean Marie ^a,c,e  

^a BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^e University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Ageing; Dimensions; EVAS stretching device; Human lens; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CILIARY BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INDIA; INFANT; LENS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL STRETCHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960930652     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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