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Luo B, Liu R, Wang S, Hu W, Li Y, Tong B, Zhang H, Qi X. Utility of isolated-check visual evoked potential technique in dysthyroid optic neuropathy. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2023; 261:2031-2040. [PMID: 36642765 PMCID: PMC10271890 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-023-05975-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To analyze the utility of isolated-check visual evoked potential (icVEP) for discriminating between eyes with dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON) and eyes with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) but not DON. METHODS Forty-three eyes with TAO but not DON (as non-DON), fifty-three eyes with DON, and sixty healthy eyes (as controls) were included. Comprehensive ophthalmic examinations, including best-corrected visual acuity, refraction, color vision test, intraocular pressure measurement, slit-lamp biomicroscopy, ophthalmoscopy, RAPD, exophthalmometry measurements, pVEP test, icVEP test, standard automated perimetry, and clinical activity score classification of TAO, as well as demographic information, were collected and analyzed. RESULTS In the DON group, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) value of icVEPs decreased significantly compared with that of the non-DON group as well as control (p < 0.05). The SNR values under 8%, 16% and 32% depth of modulation (DOM) were significantly negatively correlated with BCVA (p < 0.05, r = - 0.9 ~ - 0.6), papilledema (Y/N) (p < 0.05, r = - 0.8 ~ 0.4) and DON (Y/N) (p < 0.001, r = - 0.7 ~ - 0.5). The 8% DOM of icVEP had the largest area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) (0.842) for discriminating DON from non-DONs. Meanwhile, decision curve analysis (DCA) showed that patients clinically benefit most from 8% DOM of icVEP. Furthermore, the 8% DOM of icVEP combing with papilledema (Y/N) and BCVA (Model 1) has significantly larger AUC than the 8% DOM of icVEP (p = 0.0364), and has better clinical benefit in DCA analysis. CONCLUSIONS The SNR of 8% DOM from icVEP may represent a significant ancillary diagnostic method for DON detection. Furthermore, icVEP combined with papilledema (Y/N) and BCVA should be considered as a diagnostic model in future clinical practice.
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- Ban Luo
- Department of Ophthalmology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Qiaokou District, No.1095, Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030 Hubei China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Wenchang People’s Hospital, Wenchang, 571321 China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Qiaokou District, No.1095, Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030 Hubei China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Qiaokou District, No.1095, Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030 Hubei China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Qiaokou District, No.1095, Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030 Hubei China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No.139, Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, 410011 Hunan China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No.139, Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, 410011 Hunan China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Qiaokou District, No.1095, Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030 Hubei China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No.139, Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, 410011 Hunan China
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Wang X, Fang Y, Li R, Pan Y. Diagnostic Capability of Isolated-Check Visual Evoked Potential for Early to Moderate Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:1257. [PMID: 37374038 DOI: 10.3390/life13061257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic capability of isolated-check visual evoked potential (icVEP) for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) via comparison with visual field (VF) tests and pattern visual evoked potential (PVEP). This cross-sectional study enrolled 68 subjects, including 33 POAG patients and 35 controls. All subjects underwent a complete ophthalmic examination, including icVEP, PVEP, and VF tests. The diagnostic performance, the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), the integrated discrimination index (IDI), and the net reclassification index (NRI) were calculated. The clinical benefits of the three tests were compared via decision curve analysis (DCA) of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) from icVEP, the P100 latency and amplitude of 1° and 0.25° checks from the PVEP, pattern standard deviation (PSD), and mean deviation (MD) from the VF test. The SNR, MD and PSD, PVEP P100 latency of 0.25° checks, and P100 amplitude (both 1° and 0.25° checks) showed significant differences between the POAG and control groups (* p < 0.05), except for the P100 latency of 1° checks. Regarding diagnostic ability, the three tests, AUC, IDI, and NRI, showed no significant difference (p > 0.05). The DCA showed that the clinical benefits of icVEP (SNR) were comparable to those of VF (MD and PSD) and better than those of PVEP (P100 latency and amplitude). In addition, no significant difference was found in the consistency analysis of the qualitative comparison between the icVEP, VF, and PVEP (McNemar p > 0.05). In this study, icVEP showed a diagnostic ability for early to moderate POAG patients comparable to VF and PVEP. IcVEP might be applied as a supplementary psychophysical examination method in addition to VF examinations for special POAG populations who have difficulty cooperating with the VF examination.
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- Xia Wang
- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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Norcia AM, Yakovleva A, Jehangir N, Goldberg JL. Preferential Loss of Contrast Decrement Responses in Human Glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2022; 63:16. [PMID: 36264656 PMCID: PMC9587510 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.63.11.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine whether glaucoma in human patients produces preferential damage to OFF visual pathways, as suggested by animal experimental models, patient electroretinogram (ERG), and retinal imaging data. Methods Steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs) were recorded monocularly from 50 patients with glaucoma and 28 age-similar controls in response to equal Weber contrast increments and decrements presented using 2.73 hertz (Hz) sawtooth temporal waveforms. Results The eyes of patients with glaucoma were separated into mild (better than -6 decibel [dB] mean deviation; n = 28) and moderate to severe (worse than -6 dB mean deviation, n = 22) groups based on their Humphrey 24-2 visual field measurements. Response amplitudes and phases from the two glaucoma-severity groups were compared to controls at the group level. SSVEP amplitudes were depressed in both glaucoma groups, more so in the moderate to severe glaucoma group. The differences between controls and the moderate-severe glaucoma groups were more statistically reliable for decrements than for increments. Mean responses to decremental sawtooth stimuli were larger than those to increments in controls and in the mild glaucoma but not in the moderate to severe glaucoma group at the first harmonic. OFF/decrement responses at the first harmonic were faster in controls, but not in patients. Conclusions The observed pattern of preferential loss of decremental responses in human glaucoma is consistent with prior reports of selective damage to OFF retinal ganglion cells in murine models and in data from human ERG and retinal imaging. These data motivate pursuit of SSVEP as a biomarker for glaucoma progression.
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- Anthony M. Norcia
- Department of Psychology, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
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- Spencer Center for Vision Research, Byers Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
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- Spencer Center for Vision Research, Byers Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
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- Spencer Center for Vision Research, Byers Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
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Wu TY, Wang YX, Li XM. Applications of dynamic visual acuity test in clinical ophthalmology. Int J Ophthalmol 2021; 14:1771-1778. [PMID: 34804869 PMCID: PMC8569558 DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2021.11.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Dynamic visual acuity test (DVAT) plays a key role in the assessment of vestibular function, the visual function of athletes, as well as various ocular diseases. As the visual pathways conducting dynamic and static signals are different, DVATs may have potential advantages over the traditional visual acuity tests commonly used, such as static visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and static perimetry. Here, we provide a review of commonly applied DVATs and their several uses in clinical ophthalmology. These data indicate that the DVAT has its unique clinical significance in the evaluation of several ocular disorders.
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- Ting-Yi Wu
- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Restoration of Damaged Ocular Nerve, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Restoration of Damaged Ocular Nerve, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Restoration of Damaged Ocular Nerve, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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Al-Nosairy KO, Hoffmann MB, Bach M. Non-invasive electrophysiology in glaucoma, structure and function-a review. Eye (Lond) 2021; 35:2374-2385. [PMID: 34117381 PMCID: PMC8376952 DOI: 10.1038/s41433-021-01603-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Glaucoma, its early diagnosis, and monitoring of interventions remain an ongoing challenge. We here review developments in functional assessment and its relation to morphology, evaluating recent insights in electrophysiology in glaucoma and highlighting how glaucoma research and diagnostics benefit from combined approaches of OCT and electrophysiological investigations. After concise overviews of OCT and non-invasive electrophysiology in glaucoma, we evaluate commonalities and complementarities of OCT and electrophysiology for our understanding of glaucoma. As a specific topic, the dynamic range (floor effects) of the various techniques is discussed.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Eye Center, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
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Wang X, Li RS, Wei YH, Fang Y, Tian T, Li M, Pan YZ. Applications of the isolated-check visual evoked potential in primary open angle glaucoma with or without high myopia. Int J Ophthalmol 2021; 14:704-713. [PMID: 34012885 DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2021.05.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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AIM To explore the diagnostic performance of isolated-check visual evoked potential (icVEP) for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) in both highly myopic and non-highly myopic populations and compare it with those of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and Heidelberg retinal tomography (HRT) parameters. METHODS A total of 126 participants were recruited, including 31 highly myopic participants with POAG (HM-POAG), 36 non-highly myopic participants with POAG (NHM-POAG), 25 highly myopic participants without POAG (HM) and 34 controls without high myopia (Normal). All the participants underwent a complete ophthalmic examination. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) was used to assess the icVEP. Both qualitative and quantitative diagnostic performances of OCT, HRT and the icVEP were analyzed and compared. RESULTS Based on the criterion of SNR≤1, the diagnostic performance of the icVEP in highly myopic subjects [area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC)=0.862] was better than that in non-highly myopic subjects (AUC=0.789), and the SNR had fairly good specificity. In distinguishing the HM-POAG and HM groups, the AUC of the SNR was not different from those of the OCT and HRT parameters (P>0.05) in either the qualitative or quantitative comparison. In the qualitative analysis, the icVEP showed good consistency with damage to the central 10° of the visual field (kappa=0.695-0.747, P<0.001). CONCLUSION The icVEP has the potential to discriminate individuals with and without POAG, especially in populations with high myopia.
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- Xia Wang
- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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Isolated-check visual evoked potential: a more sensitive tool to detect traumatic optic neuropathy after orbital fracture. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2021; 259:547-555. [PMID: 32902756 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-020-04895-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To establish a more sensitive diagnostic tool for traumatic optic neuropathy (TON), we explored the diagnostic efficacy of isolated-check visual evoked potential (ic-VEP) for TON in orbital fracture and compared ic-VEP with pattern-reversal visual evoked potential (P-VEP) testing. METHODS This was a prospective single-center study. A total of 137 eyes from 131 patients diagnosed between December 2016 and October 2019 with orbital fractures were included in the study. Injury history, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), visual field, computed tomography (CT), P-VEP, and ic-VEP data were collected. Parameters of ic-VEP (signal-to-noise ratio [SNR]) and P-VEP (peak latency and amplitude of P100) were compared and diagnostic accuracy was analyzed. RESULTS TON was associated with worse BCVA than non-TON (median 0.52 versus 0.10 logMAR, P < 0.001). SNRs were negatively associated with the P100 peak latency while positively associated with the P100 amplitude. The sensitivity of ic-VEP for TON (79.6%) was higher than that of P-VEP (61.2%, P = 0.049), although this difference was not statistically significant after Bonferroni correction. Using ic-VEP and P-VEP together could increase sensitivity (87.8%). Maximum areas under curve were obtained using the SNR criteria of 1.3, 1.47, and 1.54 at 8%, 16%, and 32% depth of modulation, respectively. CONCLUSION ic-VEP was more sensitive than P-VEP in diagnosing TON, and a combination of the two examination tests was recommended. The use of ic-VEP as the new diagnostic standard technique for TON should be considered.
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Xu LJ, Li SL, Zemon V, Xie YQ, Liang YB. Central visual function and inner retinal structure in primary open-angle glaucoma. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2021; 21:305-314. [PMID: 32253840 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b1900506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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To investigate associations between central visual function and inner retinal structure in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). This study enrolled 78 POAG patients and 58 healthy controls. POAG was classified into early glaucoma and moderate to advanced glaucoma. The following tests were performed on all participants: isolated-check visual evoked potential (icVEP) testing, 24-2 standard automated perimetry (SAP), and Cirrus optical coherence tomography (OCT) examinations. Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) measures obtained from icVEP responses to isolated checks presented at four depths of modulation (DOMs; 8%, 14%, 22%, and 32%) were explored. Mean macular sensitivity (mMS) was assessed by calculating the mean sensitivities of central 12 SAP points. Ganglion cell layer+ inner plexiform layer thickness (GCL+IPLT) and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (pRNFLT) were measured by OCT scanning. For each group of subjects, linear relationships among the following measures were analyzed: SNR, mMS, GCL+IPLT, and pRNFLT. SNR, mMS, GCL+IPLT, and pRNFLT were all more significantly decreased in glaucoma than in controls (P<0.001). A significant positive association was found between SNR at 14% DOM and GCL+IPLT at the inferior sector in early glaucoma (r=0.465, P=0.004). In moderate to advanced glaucoma, significant correlations were found between SNR at 32% DOM and mean GCL+IPLT (r=0.364, P=0.023), superior GCL+IPLT (r=0.358, P=0.025), and mean pRNFLT (r=0.396, P=0.025). In addition, in moderate to advanced glaucoma, there were significant correlations between mMS and all relevant measures of retinal thickness (r=0.330-0.663, P< 0.010). In early glaucoma, significant correlations were found between mean mMS and minimum GCL+IPLT (r=0.373, P=0.023), and between inferior mMS and superior GCL+IPLT (r=0.470, P=0.003). Linear models provided a good explanation for the relationship between SNR and inner retinal thickness (IRT), whereas nonlinear models better explained the relationship between mMS and IRT. In early glaucoma, both SNR and mMS were related moderately and significantly to IRT, whereas in moderate to advanced glaucoma, mMS was more strongly correlated with IRT than SNR.
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- Li-Juan Xu
- Clinical and Epidemiological Eye Research Center, Eye Hospital, School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China.,Department of Ophthalmology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China
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- Clinical and Epidemiological Eye Research Center, Eye Hospital, School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Campus, Yeshiva University, New York 10461, USA
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- Clinical and Epidemiological Eye Research Center, Eye Hospital, School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Clinical and Epidemiological Eye Research Center, Eye Hospital, School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China.,Global Eye Health, Centre for Public Health, Queens University, Belfast BT71NN, UK
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Norcia AM, Yakovleva A, Hung B, Goldberg JL. Dynamics of Contrast Decrement and Increment Responses in Human Visual Cortex. Transl Vis Sci Technol 2020; 9:6. [PMID: 32953246 PMCID: PMC7476656 DOI: 10.1167/tvst.9.10.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Purpose The goal of the present experiments was to determine whether electrophysiologic response properties of the ON and OFF visual pathways observed in animal experimental models can be observed in humans. Methods Steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs) were recorded in response to equivalent magnitude contrast increments and decrements presented within a probe-on-pedestal Westheimer sensitization paradigm. The probes were modulated with sawtooth temporal waveforms at a temporal frequency of 3 or 2.73 Hz. SSVEP response waveforms and response spectra for incremental and decremental stimuli were analyzed as a function of stimulus size and visual field location in 67 healthy adult participants. Results SSVEPs recorded at the scalp differ between contrast decrements and increments of equal Weber contrast: SSVEP responses were larger in amplitude and shorter in latency for contrast decrements than for contrast increments. Both increment and decrement responses were larger for displays that were scaled for cortical magnification. Conclusions In a fashion that parallels results from the early visual system of cats and monkeys, two key properties of ON versus OFF pathways found in single-unit recordings are recapitulated at the population level of activity that can be observed with scalp electrodes, allowing differential assessment of ON and OFF pathway activity in human. Translational Relevance As data from preclinical models of visual pathway dysfunction point to differential damage to subtypes of retinal ganglion cells, this approach may be useful in future work on disease detection and treatment monitoring.
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- Anthony M Norcia
- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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It is now well documented that schizophrenia is associated with impairments in visual processing at all levels of vision, and that these disturbances are related to deficits in multiple higher-level cognitive and social cognitive functions. Visual remediation methods have been slow to appear in the literature as a potential treatment strategy to target these impairments, however, in contrast to interventions that aim to improve auditory and higher cognitive functions in schizophrenia. In this report, we describe a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded R61/R33 grant that uses a phased approach to optimize and evaluate a novel visual remediation intervention for people with schizophrenia. The goals of this project are: (1) in the R61 phase, to establish the optimal components and dose (number of sessions) of a visual remediation intervention from among two specific visual training strategies (and their combination) for improving low and mid-level visual functions in schizophrenia; and (2) in the R33 phase, to determine the extent to which the optimal intervention improves not only visual processing but also higher-level cognitive and role functions. Here we present the scientific background for and innovation of the study, along with our methods, hypotheses, and preliminary data. The results of this study will help determine the utility of this novel intervention approach for targeting visual perceptual, cognitive, and functional impairments in schizophrenia.
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Liu Z, Chen Z, Xu Y, Feng L, Yuan J, Deng D, Han Y, Yu M. Objective Assessment of the Effect of Optical Treatment on Magnocellular and Parvocellular-biased Visual Response in Anisometropic Amblyopia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2020; 61:21. [PMID: 32058564 PMCID: PMC7326570 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.61.2.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Purpose Optical treatment can improve visual function in anisometropic amblyopia, but there is no electrophysiological evidence, and the underlying change in visual pathway remains unknown. Our aims were to characterize the functional loss in magnocellular and parvocellular visual pathways in anisometropic amblyopia at baseline and to investigate the effect of optical treatment on the 2 visual pathways. Methods Using isolated-check visual-evoked potential, we measured the magnocellular- and parvocellular-biased contrast response functions in 15 normal controls (20.13 ± 3.93 years; mean ± standard deviation), 16 patients with anisometropic amblyopia (18.00 ± 6.04 years) who were fully refractive corrected before and 29 (19.41 ± 7.41 years) who had never been corrected. Twelve previously uncorrected amblyopes received optical treatment for more than 2 months and finished the follow-up measurement. Results Both the magnocellular- and parvocellular-biased contrast response functions in the amblyopic eye exhibited significantly reduced response and weaker contrast gains. We also found that the uncorrected amblyopes showed a more severe response reduction in magnocellular-biased, but not parvocellular-biased condition when compared with those corrected, with a weaker initial contrast gain and lower maximal response. After optical treatment, 12 uncorrected amblyopes demonstrated improved visual acuity of the amblyopic eye and a significant response gain to magnocellular-biased but not parvocellular-biased stimuli. Conclusions We demonstrated deficits to both magnocellular- and parvocellular-biased stimuli in subjects with anisometropic amblyopia. Optical treatment could produce neurophysiological changes in visual pathways even in older children and adults, which may be mediated through the magnocellular pathway.
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Utility of the Modified Isolated-check Visual Evoked Potential Technique in Functional Glaucoma Assessment. J Glaucoma 2020; 29:258-263. [DOI: 10.1097/ijg.0000000000001439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fan X, Wu LL, Di X, Ding T, Ding AH. Applications of Isolated-Check Visual Evoked Potential in Early Stage of Open-Angle Glaucoma Patients. Chin Med J (Engl) 2019; 131:2439-2446. [PMID: 30334529 PMCID: PMC6202595 DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.243564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background: Standard automated perimetry does not sufficiently detect early open-angle glaucoma (OAG) in the clinic. New visual function tests for early glaucoma damage are therefore needed. The present study evaluated whether an isolated-check visual evoked potential (icVEP) could be used to detect visual function abnormalities in early-stage OAG and to explore potential related factors. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Thirty-seven OAG patients with early-stage visual field loss (mean deviation ≥ −6.00 dB) detected by the Humphrey Field Analyzer (30-2 SITA program) and 26 controls were included in this study. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was used to detect retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) defects. The icVEP preferentially evaluates the magnocellular-ON pathway. VEPs were recorded and signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) were derived based on multivariate analysis. Eyes that yielded an SNR ≤1 were considered abnormal. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to estimate the accuracy of group classification. Correlations between SNRs and related factors were analyzed. Results: Based on an SNR criterion of 1, the icVEP had a sensitivity of 62.2% and a specificity of 92.3% for diagnosing early-stage OAG with 74.6% classification accuracy. The ROC curve analysis, however, suggested that an SNR criterion of 0.93 would produce the highest classification accuracy (77.3%). Both RNFL thinning in the temporal superior quadrant on OCT and number of abnormal test points in the central 11° visual field (pattern deviation, P < 0.5%) significantly correlated with the SNR (P < 0.05). Conclusions: The icVEP detected visual function abnormalities in approximately 3/5 of eyes with early-stage OAG with greater than 90% specificity. SNR correlated with both a decrease in RNFL thickness and severity of central visual field loss.
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- Xiang Fan
- Department of Ophthalmology; Beijing Key Laboratory of Restoration of Damaged Ocular Nerve, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Qingdao Sanatorium of Shandong Province, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Beijing Key Laboratory of Restoration of Damaged Ocular Nerve, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Beijing Key Laboratory of Restoration of Damaged Ocular Nerve, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Beijing Key Laboratory of Restoration of Damaged Ocular Nerve, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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Zemon VM, Gordon J. Quantification and statistical analysis of the transient visual evoked potential to a contrast‐reversing pattern: A frequency‐domain approach. Eur J Neurosci 2018; 48:1765-1788. [DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2017] [Revised: 05/27/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Vance M. Zemon
- Ferkauf Graduate School of PsychologyYeshiva University New York New York
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- Department of PsychologyHunter CollegeCity University of New York New York New York
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Ding T, Shi DN, Fan X, Zheng MY, Wang W, Qiu WQ. Effect of infusion pressure during cataract surgery on ganglion cells measured using isolated-check visual evoked potential. Int J Ophthalmol 2018; 11:58-65. [PMID: 29375992 DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2018.01.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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AIM To detect the relationship between infusion pressure and postoperative ganglion cells function. METHODS This prospective observational cohort study included sixty-one eyes that underwent uncomplicated cataract surgery. Patients were divided into two groups according to infusion time (IT) recorded using surgery equipment [Group A: IT>ITmean (27 eyes); Group B: IT<ITmean (34 eyes)]. Best-corrected visual acuity, isolated-check visual evoked potential (icVEP), microperimetry, and optical coherence tomography examinations were performed preoperatively and 1wk and 1mo postoperatively. The changes in test results were measured with independent-sample t-tests and paired t-tests. Correlation between IT and these changes were analyzed with Pearson's correlation analysis and Spearman correlation analysis. RESULTS Neither group showed significant postoperative changes in macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (mGC-IPL) thickness (1-week postoperative: Group A P=0.185, Group B P=0.381; 1-month postoperative: Group A P=0.775, Group B P=0.652). Postoperative mGC-IPL thickness of Group A was not significantly thicker than that of Group B at both post surgery time point (1-week postoperative P=0.913; 1-month postoperative P=0.954). In Group A, the mGC-IPL thickness change 1wk postoperatively was positively correlated with IT (R2=0.156, P=0.0198). A suspected progressive deficit in the magnocellular pathway was also found in Group A 1-month postoperatively [individual observed F (IOF)=0.63±0.70]. Significant increases were observed in postoperative retinal sensitivity measured by microperimetry (1-week postoperative: Group A P=0.015, Group B P<0.001; 1-month postoperative: Group A P=0.005, Group B P<0.001). In Group B, IT was negatively correlated with the increase in macular sensitivity (1-week postoperative: R2=0.372, P<0.001; 1-month postoperative: R2=0.209, P=0.007). CONCLUSION Both mGC-IPL thickness and retinal sensitivity increased postoperatively. A suspected progressive deficit in the magnocellular pathway was found in the group with a long IT, which induced more prominent changes.
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- Tong Ding
- Peking University Third Hospital Eye Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking University Third Hospital Eye Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking University Third Hospital Eye Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking University Third Hospital Eye Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking University Third Hospital Eye Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking University Third Hospital Eye Center, Beijing 100191, China
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Accuracy of isolated-check visual evoked potential technique for diagnosing primary open-angle glaucoma. Doc Ophthalmol 2017; 135:107-119. [PMID: 28702796 DOI: 10.1007/s10633-017-9598-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of isolated-check visual evoked potentials (icVEP) in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). METHODS Ninety POAG patients and sixty-six healthy controls were recruited consecutively. All subjects underwent icVEP and visual field testing. Swept icVEP response functions were obtained by increasing contrast in six stimulus steps, recording the electroencephalogram synchronized to the stimulus display's frame rate and calculating the corresponding signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the response at the fundamental frequency to evaluate visual function. Depth of modulation of the check luminance was increased as follows: 2, 4, 8, 14, 22 and 32%, about an equal level of standing contrast, so that the pattern appeared and disappeared at a frequency of 10.0 Hz. SNR above 0.85 was deemed to be significant at the 0.1 level and SNR above 1 significant at the 0.05 level. RESULTS The results show that SNR is contrast dependent. It significantly rose as contrast increased. The areas under receiver-operating-characteristic curves (AUCs) indicating classification accuracy for all POAG cases in comparison with normal subjects were 0.790 (sensitivity 91.1%, specificity 69.7%) with the cutoff SNR of 0.85, and 0.706 (sensitivity 95.6%, specificity 51.5%) with the cutoff SNR of 1. The AUC of early glaucoma cases (EG) in comparison with normal subjects was 0.801 (sensitivity 93.3%, specificity 69.7%) with the cutoff SNR of 0.85, and 0.717 (sensitivity 97.8%, specificity 51.5%) with the cutoff SNR of 1. CONCLUSION icVEP has good diagnostic accuracy (high sensitivity and moderate specificity) in distinguishing early POAG patients from healthy subjects. It might be a promising device to use in conjunction with complementary functional and structural measures for early POAG detection.
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Chen X, Zhao Y. Diagnostic performance of isolated-check visual evoked potential versus retinal ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer analysis in early primary open-angle glaucoma. BMC Ophthalmol 2017; 17:77. [PMID: 28532392 PMCID: PMC5440894 DOI: 10.1186/s12886-017-0472-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of isolated-check visual evoked potential (icVEP) with that of retinal ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCILP) analysis using optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods A total of 45 patients were enrolled: 25 patients with open-angle glaucoma and 20 healthy patients. All patients underwent a complete ophthalmological examination. Moreover, the OCT examination was used to analyze the structures of the GCIPL. The icVEP technique was used to detect the transmission function of the magnocellular pathway, which is mainly managed by the retinal ganglion cells. The quantitative and qualitative comparisons between the diagnostic power of GCIPL analysis and that of icVEP were performed. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC) of GCIPL analysis and icVEP were compared using the Clarke-Pearson method. The sensitivity and specificity of the two techniques were analyzed and compared using the McNemar test. Results With the quantitative comparison, the AUC of icVEP (AUC = 0.892) was higher than that of GCIPL analysis (AUC = 0.814). However, there was no statistical significance between the AUCs of icVEP and GCIPL (P > 0.05). With the qualitative comparison, the sensitivity of icVEP was 80%, and its specificity was 90%. The sensitivity of GCIPL analysis was 72%, and its specificity was 85%. There was no significant difference between the sensitivitiesor specificities of icVEP and GCIPL analysis (P > 0.05). Moreover, 30 (66.67%) eyeshad similar resultsbetween icVEP and GCIPL analysis, and 15 (33.33%) eyes had different results (7 eyes had abnormal results with GCIPL analysisbut normal results with icVEP, and8 eyes had normal results with GCIPL analysisbut abnormal results with icVEP). Conclusions The diagnostic power of icVEP was close to that of GCIPL analysis whether the comparison was based on the qualitative or quantitative data.
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- XiangWu Chen
- Department of Out Patient Service, The Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Postal code: 325000, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Out Patient Service, The Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Postal code: 325000, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
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Chen XW, Zhao YX. Comparison of isolated-check visual evoked potential and standard automated perimetry in early glaucoma and high-risk ocular hypertension. Int J Ophthalmol 2017; 10:599-604. [PMID: 28503434 DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2017.04.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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AIM To compare the diagnostic performance of isolated-check visual evoked potential (icVEP) and standard automated perimetry (SAP), for evaluating the application values of icVEP in the detection of early glaucoma. METHODS Totally 144 subjects (288 eyes) were enrolled in this study. icVEP testing was performed with the Neucodia visual electrophysiological diagnostic system. A 15% positive-contrast (bright) condition pattern was used in this device to differentiate between glaucoma patients and healthy control subjects. Signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) were derived based on a multivariate statistic. The eyes were judged as abnormal if the test yielded an SNR≤1. SAP testing was performed with the Humphrey Field Analyzer II. The visual fields were deemed as abnormality if the glaucoma hemifield test results outside normal limits; or the pattern standard deviation with P<0.05; or the cluster of three or more non-edge points on the pattern deviation plot in a single hemifield with P<0.05, one of which must have a P<0.01. Disc photographs were graded as either glaucomatous optic neuropathy or normal by two experts who were masked to all other patient information. Moorfields regression analysis (MRA) used as a separate diagnostic classification was performed by Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT). RESULTS When the disc photograph grader was used as diagnostic standard, the sensitivity for SAP and icVEP was 32.3% and 38.5% respectively and specificity was 82.3% and 77.8% respectively. When the MRA Classifier was used as the diagnostic standard, the sensitivity for SAP and icVEP was 48.6% and 51.4% respectively and specificity was 84.1% and 78.0% respectively. When the combined structural assessment was used as the diagnostic standard, the sensitivity for SAP and icVEP was 59.2% and 53.1% respectively and specificity was 84.2% and 84.6% respectivlely. There was no statistical significance between the sensitivity or specificity of SAP and icVEP, regardless of which diagnostic standard was based on. CONCLUSION The diagnostic performance of icVEP is not better than that of SAP in the detection of early glaucoma.
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- Xiang-Wu Chen
- Department of Outpatient Service, the Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Outpatient Service, the Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang Province, China
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Zhao L, Sendek C, Davoodnia V, Lashgari R, Dul MW, Zaidi Q, Alonso JM. Effect of Age and Glaucoma on the Detection of Darks and Lights. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2015; 56:7000-6. [PMID: 26513506 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-16753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE We have shown previously that normal observers detect dark targets faster and more accurately than light targets, when presented in noisy backgrounds. We investigated how these differences in detection time and accuracy are affected by age and ganglion cell pathology associated with glaucoma. METHODS We asked 21 glaucoma patients, 21 age-similar controls, and 5 young control observers to report as fast as possible the number of 1 to 3 light or dark targets. The targets were positioned at random in a binary noise background, within the central 30° of the visual field. RESULTS We replicate previous findings that darks are detected faster and more accurately than lights. We extend these findings by demonstrating that differences in detection of darks and lights are found reliably across different ages and in observers with glaucoma. We show that differences in detection time increase at a rate of approximately 55 msec/dB at early stages of glaucoma and then remain constant at later stages at approximately 800 msec. In normal subjects, differences in detection time increase with age at a rate of approximately 8 msec/y. We also demonstrate that the accuracy to detect lights and darks is significantly correlated with the severity of glaucoma and that the mean detection time is significantly longer for subjects with glaucoma than age-similar controls. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that differences in detection of darks and lights can be demonstrated over a wide range of ages, and asymmetries in dark/light detection increase with age and early stages of glaucoma.
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- Linxi Zhao
- Department of Biological and Visual Sciences State University of New York, College of Optometry, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Biological and Visual Sciences State University of New York, College of Optometry, New York, New York, United States
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- School of Cognitive Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Cognitive Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biological and Visual Sciences State University of New York, College of Optometry, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Biological and Visual Sciences State University of New York, College of Optometry, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Biological and Visual Sciences State University of New York, College of Optometry, New York, New York, United States
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Tsai JC. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology Lecture: translational research advances in glaucoma neuroprotection. Can J Ophthalmol 2014; 48:141-5. [PMID: 23769773 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2013.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2012] [Revised: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Given that glaucoma is a disease of the central nervous system, there must be greater emphasis and focus on developing intraocular pressure-independent therapies. In addition, scientific research investigating the role of sustained drug delivery is critical for advancing the field. Exciting innovation will require close collaboration and full integration of clinical and basic research efforts. Thus, translational research advances in neuroprotection may lead to future development of truly revolutionary therapies for glaucoma (e.g., neuroregeneration).
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- James C Tsai
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA.
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Salim S, Childers K, Lupinacci APC, Hu GZ, Zemon V, Netland PA. Influence of pupil size and other test variables on visual function assessment using visual evoked potentials in normal subjects. Doc Ophthalmol 2010; 121:1-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s10633-010-9222-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2009] [Accepted: 01/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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