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International Sports Star Undergoes Surgery, Regains Sight At UAB After Training DisasterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Baljit Singh was looking forward to 2010. The premier event in professional field hockey, the World Cup, is to be hosted in his native India next year. And Singh, 28, was the goalie on the Indian National Team. He was considered the best goalie in Asia, ranked fourth in the world. Until a practice incident on July 17 changed everything. Singh and the team were practicing in Bundi, in northwestern India. (Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today)
Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today - November 21, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news

Advanced Cell Technology Files IND With FDA For First Human Clinical Trial Using Embryonic Stem Cells To Treat Eye DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTCBB:ACTC) announced that it filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase I/II multicenter study using embryonic stem cell derived retinal cells to treat patients with Stargardt's Macular Dystrophy (SMD). Among the most common causes of untreatable blindness in the world are degenerative diseases of the retina. (Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today)
Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today - November 21, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news

Stanford University Network for Diagnosis of Retinopathy of Prematurity (SUNDROP): 24-month experience with telemedicine screeningEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The SUNDROP telemedicine screening initiative for ROP has been proven to have a high degree of sensitivity and specificity for the identification of treatment-warranted disease. All cases of treatment-warranted disease were captured. There were no adverse outcomes. (Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 21, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Yohko Murakami, Ruwan A. Silva, Atul Jain, Eleonora M. Lad, Jarel Gandhi, Darius M. Moshfeghi Source Type: journals

The American Optometric Association And Digital Healthcare, Inc. Sign Memorandum Of UnderstandingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The American Optometric Association (AOA) and Digital Healthcare, Inc. (DH) have joined together to assist optometrists in providing better care for patients with diabetes and other chronic diseases, and in promoting public health. Both parties recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). (Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today)
Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news

Patients Win With Immediate Avastin Payment ReversalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Following efforts by the American Academy of Ophthalmology with the help of the American Society of Retina Specialists, the Macula Society, the Retina Society and Congressional allies, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said that it will retract an Oct. 1 payment policy for small doses of Avastin. Avastin, a cancer drug, is used in smaller doses to treat eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD). (Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today)
Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news

Monocular signals in human lateral geniculate nucleus reflect the Craik–Cornsweet–O'Brien effectEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The human visual system has a remarkable ability to accurately estimate the relative brightness of adjacent objects despite large variations in illumination. However, the lightness of two identical equiluminant gray regions can appear quite different when a light–dark luminance transition falls between them. This illusory brightness “filling-in” phenomenon, the Craik–Cornsweet–O'Brien (CCOB) illusion, exposes fundamental assumptions made by the visual system in estimating lightness, but its neural basis remains unclear. While the responses of high-level visual cortex can be correlated with perception of the CCOB,...
Source: Journal of Vision Articles - November 20, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: journals

Moraxella keratitis: risk factors, presentation, and managementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 20, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Shahzad I. Mian, João Baptista N. Malta Source Type: journals

Structural Changes In Brain May Help Offset Loss Of Vision And Strengthen Other SensesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Visually impaired people appear to be fearless, navigating busy sidewalks and crosswalks, safely finding their way using nothing more than a cane as a guide. The reason they can do this, researchers suggest, is that in at least some circumstances, blindness can heighten other senses, helping individuals adapt. (Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today)
Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news

Characteristics and reproducibility of anterior chamber angle assessment by anterior-segment optical coherence tomographyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: AS-OCT provides quantitative and reproducible assessment of ACA. Reproducibility was lower in the inferior angle compared with the nasal and temporal angles, perhaps because of variable placement of the scleral spur. (Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Dong Y. Kim, Kyung R. Sung, Sung Y. Kang, Jung W. Cho, Kyoung S. Lee, Seong B. Park, Soon T. Kim, Michael S. Kook Source Type: journals

Basic technique and anatomically imposed limitations of confocal scanning laser Doppler flowmetry at the optic nerve head levelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Many studies have suggested an association between blood flow dysregulation and glaucomatous damage to the optic nerve. Confocal scanning laser Doppler flowmetry (CSLDF) is a technique that measures the capillary blood flow of the retina and optic nerve head and provides a two-dimensional map of ocular perfusion in these areas. This review discusses the anatomy of the anterior optic nerve vasculature and the capabilities and limitations of the CSLDF. Methods to minimize error and to acquire more reliable measurements of capillary blood flow are also outlined. (Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Mitra Sehi Source Type: journals

Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in the normal human eye and its expression pattern in selected eye tumoursEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Cyclooxygenase-2 is constitutively expressed in normal human eyes. The expression of COX-2 is much lower in selected eye tumours involving COX-2 expressing cells. (Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Jinmei Wang, Yazhen Wu, Steffen Heegaard, Miriam Kolko Source Type: journals

Mitomycin C-augmented deep sclerectomy in primary open-angle glaucoma and exfoliation glaucoma: a three-year prospective studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Purpose: To investigate the efficacy and safety of mitomycin C (MMC)-augmented deep sclerectomy with implant (DSCI) in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and exfoliation glaucoma (ExG) patients.Methods: A total of 68 eyes of 68 patients with POAG and ExG were enrolled consecutively to undergo DSCI with MMC (0.4 mg/ml for 2 min). The intraocular pressure (IOP), number of antiglaucoma medications, neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser goniopuncture treatments and complications were compared postoperatively after 36- month follow-up. Surgery was considered as a complete success when IOP was (Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Minna L. Ollikainen, Tuomo J. Puustjärvi, Petri K. Rekonen, Hannu M. Uusitalo, Markku E. Teräsvirta Source Type: journals

Third nerve palsy following intravitreal anti-VEGF therapy for bilateral neovascular age-related macular degenerationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Jonathan A. Micieli, Patrick Santiago, Michael H. Brent Source Type: journals

Reappraisal of maximal paracentesis in central retinal artery occlusionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Ahmad M. Mansour, Muhammad H. Younis Source Type: journals

Antibodies in tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndromeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Weekitt Kittisupamongkol Source Type: journals

Endophthalmitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa after phakic posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation to correct high myopiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Boo Sup Oum, Jong Soo Lee, Hee Young Choi, Ji Eun Lee, Soo Jin Kim, Ji-Eun Lee Source Type: journals

Rapid, bloody, and blinding diabetic retinopathyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: journals

Prevalence of smoking and its associations with ocular parameters in adult Chinese: The Beijing Eye StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Ya X. Wang, Liang Xu, Shuang Wang, Jost B. Jonas Source Type: journals

Analysis of SERPING1 and its association with age-related macular degenerationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: James G. Carter, Amanda J. Churchill Source Type: journals

Consecutive exotropia after surgical treatment of childhood esotropia: a 40-year follow-up studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: This 40-year postoperative follow-up of patients with childhood ET who underwent strabismus surgery by a single surgeon in Sweden showed that multiple surgeries and presence of postoperative adduction deficit were the most important factors influencing the incidence of consecutive XT after surgery. Presence of uncorrected amblyopia did not alter the prognosis for long-term development of consecutive XT. (Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Anuradha Ganesh, Saeid Pirouznia, Shyam S. Ganguly, Per Fagerholm, Joan Lithander Source Type: journals

Visual Impairment and quality of life in the Older European Population, the EUREYE studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The prevalence of visual impairment in the examined ageing European populations shows a definite increasing trend from north to south. (Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Johan H. Seland, Johannes R. Vingerling, Cristina A. Augood, Graham Bentham, Usha Chakravarthy, Paulus T. V. M. deJong, Mati Rahu, Gisele Soubrane, Laura Tomazzoli, Fotis Topouzis, Astrid E. Fletcher Source Type: journals

Topical bevacizumab is efficacious in the early bleb failure after trabeculectomyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Acta Ophthalmologica)
Source: Acta Ophthalmologica - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Tomas z Żarnowski, Maria Tulidowicz-Bielak Source Type: journals

A summary-statistic representation in peripheral vision explains visual crowdingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Peripheral vision provides a less faithful representation of the visual input than foveal vision. Nonetheless, we can gain a lot of information about the world from our peripheral vision, for example in order to plan eye movements. The phenomenon of crowding shows that the reduction of information available in the periphery is not merely the result of reduced resolution. Crowding refers to visual phenomena in which identification of a target stimulus is significantly impaired by the presence of nearby stimuli, or flankers. What information is available in the periphery? We propose that the visual system locally represents ...
Source: Journal of Vision Articles - November 19, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: journals

The fate of task-irrelevant visual motion: Perceptual load versus feature-based attentionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We tested contrasting predictions derived from perceptual load theory and from recent feature-based selection accounts. Observers viewed moving, colored stimuli and performed low or high load tasks associated with one stimulus feature, either color or motion. The resultant motion aftereffect (MAE) was used to evaluate attentional allocation. We found that task-irrelevant visual features received less attention than co-localized task-relevant features of the same objects. Moreover, when color and motion features were co-localized yet perceived to belong to two distinct surfaces, feature-based selection was further increased...
Source: Journal of Vision Articles - November 18, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: journals

Smoking Causes BlindnessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
AMD Alliance International strongly urges all smokers to participate in the Great American Smokeout on November 19 to save their eyes and protect their vision from the debilitating effects of macular degeneration. Research has demonstrated that age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a progressive disease that causes the loss of central vision, is two to three times as frequent among tobacco smokers, and the risk is dose dependent(1, 2). (Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today)
Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Smoking / Quit Smoking Source Type: news

Evaluation of antibacterial efficacy of photo-activated riboflavin using ultraviolet light (UVA)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion Riboflavin photo-activation using UVA (365 nm) can achieve an extensive eradication of bacteria, and the combination is more potent in reducing bacterial number than UV alone. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Basic ScienceDOI 10.1007/s00417-009-1231-2Authors Karim Makdoumi, Örebro University Hospital Department of Ophthalmology Örebro SwedenAnders Bäckman, Örebro University Hospital Clinical Research Centre SE-701 85 Örebro SwedenJes Mortensen, Örebro University Hospital Department of Ophthalmology Örebro SwedenSven Crafoord, Örebro University Hospital Department of Ophthalm...
Source: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - November 18, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Source Type: journals

ASFH Pseudopods Abound!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Guest: John KG Dart MA DM FRCS FRCOphthConsultant Ophthalmologist, Corneal and External Disease ServiceDeputy Director of Research at MoorfieldsHonorary Reader, University College LondonMoorfields Eye Hospital London, UK (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - November 18, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Tags: podcasts Source Type: podcasts

Dietary combination of omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty for retinal prevention: a concernEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Letter to the EditorDOI 10.1007/s00417-009-1229-9Authors Viroj Wiwanitkit, Wiwanitkit House Bangkhae, Bangkok Thailand 10160 Journal Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental OphthalmologyOnline ISSN 1435-702XPrint ISSN 0721-832X (Source: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology)
Source: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - November 18, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Source Type: journals

Amlodipine effects on vasomotion in rabbit external ophthalmic arteryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions Our study has two main conclusions: (1) amlodipine, an L-type calcium channel blocker, caused intense vasodilation and decreased both frequency and amplitude of the spontaneous oscillations observed in the rabbit external ophthalmic artery and its collaterals, and (2) when we applied amlodipine in arteries previously contracted by the administration of ET-1, vascular resistance greatly decreased and spontaneous oscillations were abolished. Since ET-1 levels are increased in several ischemic ocular diseases, amlodipine might be beneficial in these patients, allowing a protective action against vas...
Source: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - November 18, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Source Type: journals

Faces and text attract gaze independent of the task: Experimental data and computer modelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Previous studies of eye gaze have shown that when looking at images containing human faces, observers tend to rapidly focus on the facial regions. But is this true of other high-level image features as well? We here investigate the extent to which natural scenes containing faces, text elements, and cell phones—as a suitable control—attract attention by tracking the eye movements of subjects in two types of tasks—free viewing and search. We observed that subjects in free-viewing conditions look at faces and text 16.6 and 11.1 times more than similar regions normalized for size and position of the face and text. In ter...
Source: Journal of Vision Articles - November 18, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: journals

The role of vertical mirror symmetry in visual shape detectionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The goal of our study is a better understanding of the role of vertical mirror symmetry in perceptual grouping. With a simple psychophysical task and a set of controlled stimuli, we investigated whether vertical mirror symmetry acts as a cue in figure-ground segregation. We asked participants to indicate which of two sequentially presented Gabor arrays contained a visual shape. The shape was defined by a subset of Gabor elements positioned along the outline of an unfamiliar shape. By adding orientation noise to these Gabor elements, the shape percept became less salient. Across the different noise levels, symmetric shapes ...
Source: Journal of Vision Articles - November 18, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: journals

Spatial distributions of on- and off-responses determined with the multifocal ERGEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract We studied the contribution of retinal on- and off-mechanisms in the multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) by measuring responses to sawtooth stimuli. Six healthy subjects participated in this study. Rapid-on and rapid-off sawtooth stimuli with a period of 427 ms were presented in a multifocal pattern composed of 19 hexagons. The stimuli were interleaved with a blank field of the mean luminance and chromaticity. On- and off-responses were added to extract response asymmetries. The amplitudes of on-, off-, and added-responses were determined for different eccentricities relative to a signal basel...
Source: Documenta Ophthalmologica - November 17, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Documenta Ophthalmologica Source Type: journals

Finding A Protective Mechanism For Retinal Cells Could Save SightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Determining what triggers the death of retinal cells, called photoreceptors, could hold the key to stopping blinding disorders caused by a wide range of eye diseases, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the November journal Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. Several blinding disorders are known to cause the breakdown of photoreceptors. (Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today)
Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news

Survey Shows That Americans Lack Significant Knowledge Of Age-Related Vision ProblemsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It's a fact of life that eyes change with age, and baby boomers - Americans born between 1946 and 1964 - are at the stage when many are affected by vision problems. Despite the prevalence of Americans' affected by these changes, a new survey from the American Optometric Association (AOA) shows a concerning lack of public knowledge and misunderstanding regarding age-related eye diseases and conditions. (Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today)
Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news

Medical Groups Applaud CMS Adoption Of Long-Awaited Practice Expense UpdateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A coalition of medical specialties today congratulated the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for its careful and reasoned implementation of up-to-date practice expense rates into its physician payments. The new practice expense rates that were recently issued by CMS use accurate data from a rigorous survey supported by more than 70 medical and health care professional groups, and they begin a long-needed correction that should remain untouched by Congress. (Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today)
Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news

Evaluation of transconjunctival frontalis suspension using nonabsorbable suture.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Transconjunctival frontalis suspension technique is simple and time saving for treatment of severe ptosis with poor levator function. It gives good functional and cosmetic results. Healing was normal with no postoperative swelling or infection. 4/0 Polypropylene exhibits satisfactory results and easy manipulation. PMID: 19924669 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: European Journal of Ophthalmology)
Source: European Journal of Ophthalmology - November 17, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Gawdat TI, Elsayed SF, Salah El-Din YM, Kamel HF Tags: Eur J Ophthalmol Source Type: journals

CKS topic review: UveitisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CKS Area: Evidence > Guidelines This CKS topic covers the management of suspected uveitis in primary care. (Source: NeLM - Ophthalmology)
Source: NeLM - Ophthalmology - November 17, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: organizations

Origin of the fast negative ERG component from isolated aspartate-treated mouse retinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The leading edge of the a-wave of the ERG is generally believed to accurately reflect the changes in the circulating current through the cGMP-gated channels in the outer segment plasma membrane of rods and cones. The aspartate-isolated mammalian electroretinogram (ERG) to a rod-saturating flash contains a fast “nose”-like wave temporally overlapping with the a-wave. We characterize the nature of this nose, investigate the membrane current mechanisms involved in the nose mechanism, and propose a model that can explain the generation of the nose component in the rod inner segment. On the basis of pharmacological treatmen...
Source: Journal of Vision Articles - November 17, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: journals

Stereoscopic discrimination of the layout of ground surfacesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Safe and effective locomotion depends critically on judgements of the surface properties of the ground to be traversed. Little is known about the role of binocular vision in surface perception at distances relevant to visually guided locomotion in humans. Programmable arrays of illuminated targets were used to present sparsely textured surfaces with real depth at distances of 4.5 and 9.0 m. Psychophysical measurements of discrimination thresholds demonstrated a clear superiority for stereoscopic over monocular judgments of relative and absolute surface slant. Judgements of surface roughness in particular demonstrated a sub...
Source: Journal of Vision Articles - November 17, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: journals

Infliximab and anterior optic neuropathy: case report and review of the literatureEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion It is important to consider the possibility of anterior optic neuropathy, in addition to retrobulbar optic neuritis, in patients who experience sudden-onset visual loss while being treated with infliximab. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Case ReportDOI 10.1007/s00417-009-1227-yAuthors Jane W. Chan, University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology KY Clinic L-445 Lexington KY 40536 USAAlberto Castellanos, Central Baptist Hospital Department of Internal Medicine Lexington KY 40503 USA Journal Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthal...
Source: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - November 16, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Source Type: journals

Low-fluence-rate photodynamic therapy to treat subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in pathological myopia. A study of efficacy and safetyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions LFPDT is effective and safe for CNV secondary to PM treatment, stabilizing visual acuity and lesion size and determining only mild RPE changes. Further controlled studies are needed to demonstrate the long-term efficacy and safety of this treatment option. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Retinal DisordersDOI 10.1007/s00417-009-1232-1Authors Gianluca Besozzi, University of Bari Department of Ophthalmology and ENT Piazza Giulio Cesare 11-70124 Bari ItalyLuigi Sborgia, University of Bari Department of Ophthalmology and ENT Piazza Giulio Cesare 11-70124 Bari ItalyClaudio Furino, Universit...
Source: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - November 16, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Source Type: journals

Pycnogenol® Improves Microcirculation, Retinal Edema and Visual Acuity in Early Diabetic RetinopathyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics)
Source: Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics - November 16, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: article Source Type: journals

Gene Expression Profile of Fibrovascular Membranes from Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The cDNA library constructed from human FVMs will be a valuable source of information that should facilitate a wide range of studies that can establish the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of FVMs. PMID: 19919945 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The British Journal of Ophthalmology)
Source: The British Journal of Ophthalmology - November 16, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Yoshida S, Ogura A, Ishikawa K, Yoshida A, Kohno R, Yamaji Y, Ikeo K, Gojobori T, Kono T, Ishibashi T Tags: Br J Ophthalmol Source Type: journals

Effect of oral prednisolone on visual outcomes and complications after scleral buckling.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Postoperative oral prednisolone does not seem to improve the visual outcomes and complications of scleral buckling in simple phakic RRD. PMID: 19924670 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: European Journal of Ophthalmology)
Source: European Journal of Ophthalmology - November 16, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Dehghan MH, Ahmadieh H, Soheilian M, Azarmina M, Moradian S, Ramezani AR, Tavallal A, Naghibozakerin J Tags: Eur J Ophthalmol Source Type: journals

Carl Zeiss Meditec Introduces New Applications For The ATLAS Corneal Topographer At AAO-OptoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
AAO-Opto Booth # 605 -- New software advances for the ATLAS® Corneal Topography System were released today by Carl Zeiss Meditec during the American Academy of Optometry meeting in Orlando, Florida. Review Software and MasterFit II™ Contact Lens Software for the ATLAS corneal topography system are designed to make clinical data and images more accessible for eye care providers, while facilitating improved eye care diagnosis and treatment solutions for patients. (Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today)
Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today - November 15, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news

Many People With Hemianopia Have Difficulty Detecting Pedestrians While Driving, Study Advocates For Individual TestingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Schepens Eye Research Institute scientists have found that--when tested in a driving simulator--patients with hemianopia (blindness in one half of the visual field in both eyes) have significantly more difficulty detecting pedestrians (on their blind side) than normally sighted people. (Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today)
Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today - November 13, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news

Clinical Studies Show B&L's Lo-Torque Design Delivers Better Rotational RecoveryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bausch & Lomb announced that the company's Lo-Torque® lens design demonstrates significantly better rotational recovery, which can lead to more consistent vision, compared with Acuvue's accelerated stabilization design. These findings from two clinical studies were presented at Academy 2009, the American Academy of Optometry annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. (Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today)
Source: Eye Health / Optometry News From Medical News Today - November 13, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news

A dietary combination of omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids is more efficient than single supplementations in the prevention of retinal damage induced by elevation of intraocular pressure in ratsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Letter to the EditorDOI 10.1007/s00417-009-1228-xAuthors Coralie Schnebelen, INRA, UMR1129 FLAVIC, Eye and Nutrition Research Group F-21000 17 rue Sully BP 86510 21065 Dijon Cedex FranceBruno Pasquis, INRA, UMR1129 FLAVIC, Eye and Nutrition Research Group F-21000 17 rue Sully BP 86510 21065 Dijon Cedex FranceManuel Salinas-Navarro, University of Murcia Department of Ophthalmology F-30100 Murcia SpainCorinne Joffre, INRA, UMR1129 FLAVIC, Eye and Nutrition Research Group F-21000 17 rue Sully BP 86510 21065 Dijon Cedex FranceCatherine P. Creuzot-Garcher, INRA, UMR1129 FLAVIC, Eye and N...
Source: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - November 13, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Source Type: journals

Cystatin C in macular and neuronal degenerations: Implications for mechanism(s) of Age-related Macular Degeneration.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Cystatin C is a strong inhibitor of cysteine proteinases expressed by diverse cells. Variant B cystatin C, which was associated with increased risk of developing age-related macular degeneration, differs from the wild type protein by a single amino acid (A25T) in the signal sequence responsible for its targeting to the secretory pathway. The same variant conveys susceptibility to Alzheimer disease. Our investigations of the trafficking and processing of variant B cystatin C in living RPE cells highlight impaired secretion of extracellular modulators and inappropriate protein retention in RPE cells as potential molecula...
Source: Vision Research - November 13, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Paraoan L, Hiscott P, Gosden C, Grierson I Tags: Vision Res Source Type: journals

Recalibration of multisensory simultaneity: Cross-modal transfer coincides with a change in perceptual latencyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
After exposure to asynchronous sound and light stimuli, perceived audio-visual synchrony changes to compensate for the asynchrony. Here we investigate to what extent this audio-visual recalibration effect transfers to visual-tactile and audio-tactile simultaneity perception in order to infer the mechanisms responsible for temporal recalibration. Results indicate that audio-visual recalibration of simultaneity can transfer to audio-tactile and visual-tactile stimuli depending on the way in which the multisensory stimuli are presented. With presentation of co-located multisensory stimuli, we found a change in the perceptual ...
Source: Journal of Vision Articles - November 13, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: journals