Correlation between light levels and the development of deprivation myopia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 299-309

  Karouta, Cindy ^a   Ashby, Regan Scott ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eye growth; Light intensity; Myopia; Outdoor activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DAMAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE PROTECTION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MYOPIA; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; RETINA INJURY; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; EYE; EYE REFRACTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYE; LIGHT; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

EID: 84921287394     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15499     Document Type: Article

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