Similarities and differences be ...
Purpose To investigate the mechanism of secondary degeneration of the optic nerve, and to evaluate the neuroprotective effect of minocycline in this ...
Diurnal rodents as animal model ...
Background Cone photoreceptor-based central vision is of paramount importance in human eyesight, and the increasing numbers of persons affected by m ...
Favorable effects of trehalose ...
Background Trehalose, a nonreducing disaccharide of glucose, is synthesized as a stress response factor when cells are exposed to stressful conditio ...
Visual demand and visual field ...
Background Bottom-up and top-down processes are involved in visual analysis of scenes. Here we examined the influence of top-down visual demand on n ...
Differential diameter responses ...
Background Diabetic retinopathy is assumed to be due to impaired retinal autoregulation, involving both pressure autoregulation and metabolic autore ...
PlGF gene knockdown in human re ...
Background To evaluate the knockdown of placental growth factor (PlGF) gene expression in human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells and its effec ...
Development of a novel ex vivo ...
Purpose To construct a suitable ex vivo model for the research of molecular mechanisms and the pharmacological screening of fungal adherence on the ...
Assessment of fatigue in intrao ...
Aim To determine the effect of fatigue on intraocular surgical performance using a virtual reality simulator. Methods Seven experienced ophthalmic s ...
Caspase-3-independent photorece ...
Background Retinal degeneration is followed by significant changes in the structure and function of photoreceptors in humans and several genetic ani ...
Diagnostic ability of retinal g ...
Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic ability of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) measurements in glaucoma patients, patients with ...
Epidermal growth factor: the dr ...
Background To analyze whether epidermal growth factor (EGF) exerts regulatory effects on proliferation and differentiation in ARPE19 cells after dif ...
Effect of contact lenses on the ...
Background The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the effects of rigid gas permeable and soft contact lenses on the protein composition in ...
Role of keratan sulphate (sulph ...
Aims Keratan sulphate (KS) is the predominant glycosaminoglycan (GAG) present in the corneal stroma where it is thought to regulate collagen fibril ...
No consequences of dietary n-3 ...
Purpose Epidemiological studies suggest that dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) may protect against dry eye. This study aimed to evalua ...
Assessment of limbus and centra ...
Background Keratolimbal allograft (KLAL) transplantation has been proved to be a useful surgical procedure for limbal stem cell deficiency patients. ...
Intraobserver and interobserver ...
Background The purpose of the study was to assess intraobserver and interobserver repeatability of eight ocular components measurement in cataract e ...
The contrasting effect of estro ...
Objective To investigate the influence of Estradial (E2) at physiological concentration on mRNA expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VE ...
MMP expression in leaking filte ...
Objective Glaucoma filtering surgery may be compromised by cystic blebs which develop more frequently when antimetabolites are used to arrest wound ...
Alterations in the lenticular p ...
Background Accumulating evidence suggests that oxidative stress underlies age-related formation of cataract, and that antioxidants retard cataractog ...
Stereopsis in bilaterally multi ...
Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate stereoacuity in patients with bilateral implantation of an aspheric bifocal intraocular lens (I ...
The effect of doxycycline tempe ...
Background To study the effect of doxycycline temperaturesensitive hydrogel (DTSH) on inhibiting the corneal neovascularization (NV) induced by the ...
Candida albicans and Pseudomona ...
Background In this study it was aimed to determine the adherence of Pseudomonas and Candida to contact lens surfaces, and to determine the differenc ...
Effects of yellow filters on vi ...
Background Yellow filters are sometimes recommended to people with low vision. Our aim was investigate the effects of three commercial yellow filter ...
Postural changes in intraocular ...
Background To determine if asymmetrical postural changeinduced elevations in intraocular pressure (IOP) in eyes of patients with primary open-angle ...
Anterior stromal puncture for t ...
Purpose To report the results and effectiveness of anterior stromal puncture for contact lens-intolerant keratoconus patients with subepithelial fib ...