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Heitmar R, Link D, Kotliar K, Schmidl D, Klee S. Editorial: Functional assessments of the ocular circulation. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1222022. [PMID: 37359007 PMCID: PMC10285660 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1222022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Rebekka Heitmar
- Centre for Vision Across the Lifespan, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
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- Division Optoelectrophysiological Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Automation, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
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- Medical Engineering and Technomathematics, Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division Optoelectrophysiological Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Automation, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
- Division Biostatistics and Data Science, Department General Health Studies, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems an der Donau, Austria
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Amorim-de-Sousa A, Schilling T, Fernandes P, Seshadri Y, Bahmani H, González-Méijome JM. Blue light blind-spot stimulation upregulates b-wave and pattern ERG activity in myopes. Sci Rep 2021; 11:9273. [PMID: 33927248 PMCID: PMC8085027 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88459-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Upregulation of retinal dopaminergic activity may be a target treatment for myopia progression. This study aimed to explore the viability of inducing changes in retinal electrical activity with short-wavelength light targeting melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) passing through the optic nerve head. Fifteen healthy non-myopic or myopic young adults were recruited and underwent stimulation with blue light using a virtual reality headset device. Amplitudes and implicit times from photopic 3.0 b-wave and pattern electroretinogram (PERG) were measured at baseline and 10 and 20 min after stimulation. Relative changes were compared between non-myopes and myopes. The ERG b-wave amplitude was significantly larger 20 min after blind-spot stimulation compared to baseline (p < 0.001) and 10 min (p < 0.001) post-stimulation. PERG amplitude P50-N95 also showed a significant main effect for ‘Time after stimulation’ (p < 0.050). Implicit times showed no differences following blind-spot stimulation. PERG and b-wave changes after blind-spot stimulation were stronger in myopes than non-myopes. It is possible to induce significant changes in retinal electrical activity by stimulating ipRGCs axons at the optic nerve head with blue light. The results suggest that the changes in retinal electrical activity are located at the inner plexiform layer and are likely to involve the dopaminergic system.
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- Ana Amorim-de-Sousa
- Clinical & Experimental Optometry Research Lab (CEORLab), Center of Physics (Optometry), School of Sciences, University of Minho, Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- Clinical & Experimental Optometry Research Lab (CEORLab), Center of Physics (Optometry), School of Sciences, University of Minho, Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- Dopavision GmbH, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Physiology of Cognitive Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany.,Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Tübingen, Germany
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- Clinical & Experimental Optometry Research Lab (CEORLab), Center of Physics (Optometry), School of Sciences, University of Minho, Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
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