Rapid, accurate, and non-invasive measurement of Zebrafish axial length and other eye dimensions using SD-OCT allows longitudinal analysis of myopia and emmetropization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Collery, Ross F ^a   Veth, Kerry N ^a   Dubis, Adam M ^a   Carroll, Joseph ^a   Link, Brian A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; EYE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LENS; MUTATION; MYOPIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MUTATION; MYOPIA; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84908190382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110699     Document Type: Article

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