The physiological optics of the lens

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 56, Issue , 2017, Pages e1-e24

  Donaldson, Paul J ^a   Grey, Angus C ^a   Maceo Heilman, Bianca ^a   Lim, Julie C ^a   Vaghefi, Ehsan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Cataract; Lens; Optics; Presbyopia; Transparency

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; WATER;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; AGE; CATARACT; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VOLUME; CORNEA OPACITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LENS; LENS FIBER; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OPTICS; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; REVIEW; SENILE CATARACT; STEADY STATE; VASCULARIZATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER TRANSPORT; YOUNG ADULT; AGING; EYE REFRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; AGING; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 84994517492     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: 18731635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2016.09.002     Document Type: Review

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