Active maintenance of the gradient of refractive index is required to sustain the optical properties of the lens

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7195-7208

  Vaghefi, Ehsan ^a,b   Kim, Andy ^a   Donaldson, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cataract; Gradient of refractive index; Lens physiology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Optical modeling; Physiological optics

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BOVINE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; LENS; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EYE REFRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 84946600880     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-17861     Document Type: Article

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