The eye lens: Age-related trends and individual variations in refractive index and shape parameters

Oncotarget

Volumn 6, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 30532-30544

  Pierscionek, Barbara ^a   Bahrami, Mehdi ^a   Hoshino, Masato ^b   Uesugi, Kentaro ^b   Regini, Justyn ^c   Yagi, Naoto ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Eye lens; Gerotarget; Growth; Refractive index gradients; Size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EYEBALL; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERFEROMETRY; LENS; LENS SHAPE; REFRACTION INDEX; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THICKNESS; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; X RAY; AGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945558870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.5762     Document Type: Article

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