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Taylan Şekeroğlu H, Şekeroğlu MA, Özgül Yılmazoğlu M, Karakaya J. Is the Pupil Involved in Duane Syndrome? Static and Dynamic Pupillometry Characteristics. Turk J Ophthalmol 2023; 53:18-22. [PMID: 36847629 PMCID: PMC9973210 DOI: 10.4274/tjo.galenos.2022.26460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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Objectives Duane syndrome (DS) is typically characterized by abduction and/or adduction deficiency accompanied by eyelid and ocular motility disturbances. Maldevelopment or absence of the sixth nerve has been shown to be the causative factor. The aim of the present study was to investigate static and dynamic pupillary characteristics in patients with DS and compare the results with those of healthy eyes. Materials and Methods Patients with unilateral isolated DS and no history of ocular surgery were enrolled in the study. Healthy subjects with a best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 1.0 or higher were assigned to the control group. All subjects underwent complete ophthalmological examination and pupillometry measurements (MonPack One, Vision Monitor System, Metrovision, Perenchies, France) including static and dynamic pupil evaluation. Results A total of 74 patients (22 with DS and 52 healthy subjects) were included in the study. The mean age of the DS patients and healthy subjects was 11.05±5.19 and 12.54±4.05 years, respectively (p=0.188). There was no difference in sex distribution (p=0.502). Mean BCVA differed significantly between eyes with DS and healthy eyes, and between healthy eyes and the fellow eyes of DS patients (p<0.05). No significant difference was found in any static or dynamic pupillometry parameters (p>0.05 for all). Conclusion In the light of the results of the present study, the pupil seems to be not involved in DS. Larger studies including more patients with different types of DS in different age groups or comprising patients with non-isolated DS may reveal different findings.
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- Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Ankara, Türkiye
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Gall AJ, Shuboni-Mulligan DD. Keep Your Mask On: The Benefits of Masking for Behavior and the Contributions of Aging and Disease on Dysfunctional Masking Pathways. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:911153. [PMID: 36017187 PMCID: PMC9395722 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.911153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Environmental cues (e.g., light-dark cycle) have an immediate and direct effect on behavior, but these cues are also capable of “masking” the expression of the circadian pacemaker, depending on the type of cue presented, the time-of-day when they are presented, and the temporal niche of the organism. Masking is capable of complementing entrainment, the process by which an organism is synchronized to environmental cues, if the cues are presented at an expected or predictable time-of-day, but masking can also disrupt entrainment if the cues are presented at an inappropriate time-of-day. Therefore, masking is independent of but complementary to the biological circadian pacemaker that resides within the brain (i.e., suprachiasmatic nucleus) when exogenous stimuli are presented at predictable times of day. Importantly, environmental cues are capable of either inducing sleep or wakefulness depending on the organism’s temporal niche; therefore, the same presentation of a stimulus can affect behavior quite differently in diurnal vs. nocturnal organisms. There is a growing literature examining the neural mechanisms underlying masking behavior based on the temporal niche of the organism. However, the importance of these mechanisms in governing the daily behaviors of mammals and the possible implications on human health have been gravely overlooked even as modern society enables the manipulation of these environmental cues. Recent publications have demonstrated that the effects of masking weakens significantly with old age resulting in deleterious effects on many behaviors, including sleep and wakefulness. This review will clearly outline the history, definition, and importance of masking, the environmental cues that induce the behavior, the neural mechanisms that drive them, and the possible implications for human health and medicine. New insights about how masking is affected by intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells, temporal niche, and age will be discussed as each relates to human health. The overarching goals of this review include highlighting the importance of masking in the expression of daily rhythms, elucidating the impact of aging, discussing the relationship between dysfunctional masking behavior and the development of sleep-related disorders, and considering the use of masking as a non-invasive treatment to help treat humans suffering from sleep-related disorders.
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- Andrew J. Gall
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, Hope College, Holland, MI, United States
- *Correspondence: Andrew J. Gall,
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- Neuro-Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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Kay L, Keogh R, Andrillon T, Pearson J. The pupillary light response as a physiological index of aphantasia, sensory and phenomenological imagery strength. eLife 2022; 11:72484. [PMID: 35356890 PMCID: PMC9018072 DOI: 10.7554/elife.72484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The pupillary light response is an important automatic physiological response which optimizes light reaching the retina. Recent work has shown that the pupil also adjusts in response to illusory brightness and a range of cognitive functions, however, it remains unclear what exactly drives these endogenous changes. Here, we show that the imagery pupillary light response correlates with objective measures of sensory imagery strength. Further, the trial-by-trial phenomenological vividness of visual imagery is tracked by the imagery pupillary light response. We also demonstrated that a group of individuals without visual imagery (aphantasia) do not show any significant evidence of an imagery pupillary light response, however they do show perceptual pupil light responses and pupil dilation with larger cognitive load. Our results provide evidence that the pupillary light response indexes the sensory strength of visual imagery. This work also provides the first physiological validation of aphantasia.
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- Lachlan Kay
- School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Carrick FR, Azzolino SF, Hunfalvay M, Pagnacco G, Oggero E, D’Arcy RCN, Abdulrahman M, Sugaya K. The Pupillary Light Reflex as a Biomarker of Concussion. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:life11101104. [PMID: 34685475 PMCID: PMC8537991 DOI: 10.3390/life11101104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The size of our pupils changes continuously in response to variations in ambient light levels, a process known as the pupillary light reflex (PLR). The PLR is not a simple reflex as its function is modulated by cognitive brain function and any long-term changes in brain function secondary to injury should cause a change in the parameters of the PLR. We performed a retrospective clinical review of the PLR of our patients using the BrightLamp Reflex iPhone app. The PLR variables of latency, maximum pupil diameter (MaxPD), minimum pupil diameter (MinPD), maximum constriction velocity (MCV), and the 75% recovery time (75% PRT) were associated with significant differences between subjects who had suffered a concussion and those that had not. There were also significant differences in PLR metrics over the life span and between genders and those subjects with and without symptoms. The differences in PLR metrics are modulated not only by concussion history but also by gender and whether or not the person has symptoms associated with a head injury. A concussive injury to the brain is associated with changes in the PLR that persist over the life span, representing biomarkers that might be used in clinical diagnosis, treatment, and decision making.
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- Frederick Robert Carrick
- College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA;
- Burnett School of Biomedical Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
- MGH Institute for Health Professions, Boston, MA 02129, USA
- Centre for Mental Health Research in Association with University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK
- Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920, USA; (S.F.A.); (M.H.); (G.P.); (E.O.)
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- Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920, USA; (S.F.A.); (M.H.); (G.P.); (E.O.)
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- Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920, USA; (S.F.A.); (M.H.); (G.P.); (E.O.)
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- Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920, USA; (S.F.A.); (M.H.); (G.P.); (E.O.)
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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- Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920, USA; (S.F.A.); (M.H.); (G.P.); (E.O.)
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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- BrainNET, Health and Technology District, Vancouver, BC V3V 0C6, Canada;
- Centre for Neurology Studies, HealthTech Connex, Vancouver, BC V3V 0C6, Canada
- DM Centre for Brain Health, Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Health Informatics and Smart Health Department, Health Regulation Sector, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai 7272, United Arab Emirates;
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- College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA;
- Burnett School of Biomedical Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
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Resting and Functional Pupil Response Metrics Indicate Features of Reward Sensitivity and ASD in Children. J Autism Dev Disord 2020; 51:2416-2435. [PMID: 32978706 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-020-04721-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The current study examined the relationship between quantitative measures of reward and punishment sensitivity, features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and resting and functional pupil response metrics across a clinically heterogeneous sample. Scores on a parent-report measure of punishment and reward sensitivity were correlated with ASD features. We also assessed whether pupil measurements could be used as a physiologic correlate of reward sensitivity and predictor of ASD diagnosis. In a logistic regression model, pupil dilation metrics, sex, and IQ, correctly classified 86.3% of participants as having an ASD diagnosis versus not. This research highlights individual differences of reward sensitivity associated with ASD features. Results support the use of pupil metrics and other patient-level variables as predictors of ASD diagnostic status.
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Difference in Pupillary Diameter as an Important Factor for Evaluating Amplitude of Accommodation: A Prospective Observational Study. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9082678. [PMID: 32824849 PMCID: PMC7465210 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9082678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Presbyopia is increasing globally due to aging and the widespread use of visual display terminals. Presbyopia is a decrease in the eye's amplitude of accommodation (AA) due to loss of crystalline lens elasticity. AA differs widely among individuals. We aimed to determine the factors that cause presbyopia, other than advanced age, for early medical intervention. We examined 95 eyes of 95 healthy volunteers (33 men, 62 women) aged 22-62 years (mean: 37.22 ± 9.77 years) with a corrected visual acuity of ≥1.0 and without other eye afflictions except ametropia. Subjective refraction, AA, maximum and minimum pupillary diameters during accommodation, axial length of the eye, and crystalline lens thickness were measured. AA was measured using an auto refractometer/keratometer/tonometer/pachymeter. The difference between maximum and minimum pupillary diameters was calculated. On multiple regression analysis, age and difference in pupillary diameter were both significantly and independently associated with AA in participants aged <44 years, but not in those aged ≥45 years. Our results suggest that the difference in pupillary diameter could be an important age-independent factor for evaluating AA in healthy individuals without cataract. Thus, improving the difference in pupillary diameter values could be an early treatment target for presbyopia.
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Ma S, Guan Y, Yuan Y, Tai Y, Wang T. A One-Step, Streamlined Children's Vision Screening Solution Based on Smartphone Imaging for Resource-Limited Areas: Design and Preliminary Field Evaluation. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2020; 8:e18226. [PMID: 32673243 PMCID: PMC7386401 DOI: 10.2196/18226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Young children's vision screening, as part of a preventative health care service, produces great value for developing regions. Besides yielding a high return on investment from forestalling surgeries using a low-cost intervention at a young age, it improves school performance and thus boosts future labor force quality. Leveraging low-skilled health care workers with smartphones and automated diagnosis to offer such programs can be a scalable model in resource-limited areas. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to develop and evaluate an effective, efficient, and comprehensive vision screening solution for school children in resource-limited areas. First, such an exam would need to cover the major risk factors of amblyopia and myopia, 2 major sources of vision impairment effectively preventable at a young age. Second, the solution must be integrated with digital patient record-keeping for long-term monitoring and popular statistical analysis. Last, it should utilize low-skilled technicians and only low-cost tools that are available in a typical school in developing regions, without compromising quality or efficiency. METHODS A workflow for the screening program was designed and a smartphone app was developed to implement it. In the standardized screening procedure, a young child went through the smartphone-based photoscreening in a dark room. The child held a smartphone in front of their forehead, displaying pre-entered personal information as a quick response code that duplexed as a reference of scale. In one 10-second procedure, the child's personal information and interpupillary distance, relative visual axis alignment, and refractive error ranges were measured and analyzed automatically using image processing and artificial intelligence algorithms. The child's risk for strabismus, myopia, and anisometropia was then derived and consultation given. RESULTS A preliminary evaluation of the solution was conducted alongside yearly physical exams in Luoyang, Henan, People's Republic of China. It covered 20 students with suspected strabismus and 80 randomly selected students, aged evenly between 8 and 10. Each examinee took about 1 minute, and a streamlined workflow allowed 3 exams to run in parallel. The 1-shot and 2-shot measurement success rates were 87% and 100%, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of strabismus detection were 0.80 and 0.98, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of myopia detection were 0.83 and 1.00, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of anisometropia detection were 0.80 and 1.00, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The proposed vision screening program is effective, efficient, and scalable. Compared with previously published studies on utilizing a smartphone for an automated Hirschberg test and photorefraction screening, this comprehensive solution is optimized for practicality and robustness, and is thus better ready-to-deploy. Our evaluation validated the achievement of the program's design specifications.
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- Shuoxin Ma
- College of Software Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
- TerryDr Infomation Technology, Nanjing, China
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- The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, ShiJiaZhuang, China
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- The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, ShiJiaZhuang, China
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- TerryDr Infomation Technology, Nanjing, China
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- TerryDr Infomation Technology, Nanjing, China
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Kercher C, Azinfar L, Dinalankara DMR, Takahashi TN, Miles JH, Yao G. A longitudinal study of pupillary light reflex in 6- to 24-month children. Sci Rep 2020; 10:1205. [PMID: 31988320 PMCID: PMC6985190 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58254-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Pupillary light reflex (PLR) is an involuntary response where the pupil size changes with luminance. Studies have shown that PLR response was altered in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and other neurological disorders. However, PLR in infants and toddlers is still understudied. We conducted a longitudinal study to investigate PLR in children of 6-24 months using a remote pupillography device. The participants are categorized into two groups. The 'high risk' (HR) group includes children with one or more siblings diagnosed with ASDs; whereas the 'low risk' (LR) group includes children without an ASD diagnosis in the family history. The participants' PLR was measured every six months until the age of 24 months. The results indicated a significant age effect in multiple PLR parameters including resting pupil radius, minimal pupil radius, relative constriction, latency, and response time. In addition, the HR group had a significantly larger resting and minimal pupil size than the LR group. The experimental data acquired in this study revealed not only general age-related PLR changes in infants and toddlers, but also different PLRs in children with a higher risk of ASD.
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- Clare Kercher
- Department of Biomedical, Biological & Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Department of Biomedical, Biological & Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Department of Biomedical, Biological & Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
- Department of Computer Engineering, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
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- Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Department of Biomedical, Biological & Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
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Sekaninova N, Ondrejka I, Bona Olexova L, Visnovcova Z, Mestanik M, Cesnekova D, Hamrakova A, Tonhajzerova I. Oculometric behavior assessed by pupil response is altered in adolescent depression. Physiol Res 2019; 68:S325-S338. [PMID: 31928050 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.934359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Oculometric behaviour assessed by pupil response provides important information about central autonomic activity and emotional regulation. However, studies regarding pupil response to emotional stimuli in adolescent depression are rare. We aimed to study emotional-linked pupil response in adolescent depression. Twenty depressive adolescents (average age: 15.4+/-1.2 years) and 20 age/gender-matched healthy subjects were examined. Average pupil diameter assessed by eye-tracking and pupillary light reflex were evaluated during protocol - baseline, free-view task, recovery phase. Regarding right eye, significantly greater initial pupil diameter and pupil dilation to positive pictures free-viewing (p=0.013, p=0.031, respectively), significantly slower average and maximum constriction velocity in baseline and positive pictures free-viewing (p=0.036, p=0.050, p=0.021, p=0.015, respectively), significantly slower maximum constriction velocity in recovery phase (p=0.045), and significantly faster average dilation velocity in negative pictures free-viewing (p=0.042) were observed in depressive group. Regarding left eye, significantly lower constriction percentual change in negative pictures free-viewing (p=0.044) and significantly greater baseline pupil diameter and pupil diameter at the peak of constriction in positive vs. negative pictures free-viewing (p=0.002, p=0.015, respectively) were observed in depressive group. Our study revealed discrete central autonomic dysregulation - parasympathetic hypoactivity associated with relative sympathetic dominance influenced by impairments in emotional processing already in adolescent depression.
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- N Sekaninova
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Center Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovak Republic.
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Stevens AR, Su Z, Toman E, Belli A, Davies D. Optical pupillometry in traumatic brain injury: neurological pupil index and its relationship with intracranial pressure through significant event analysis. Brain Inj 2019; 33:1032-1038. [DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2019.1605621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- A. R. Stevens
- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Chougule PS, Najjar RP, Finkelstein MT, Kandiah N, Milea D. Light-Induced Pupillary Responses in Alzheimer's Disease. Front Neurol 2019; 10:360. [PMID: 31031692 PMCID: PMC6473037 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The impact of Alzheimer's disease (AD) on the pupillary light response (PLR) is controversial, being dependent on the stage of the disease and on the experimental pupillometric protocols. The main hypothesis driving pupillometry research in AD is based on the concept that the AD-related neurodegeneration affects both the parasympathetic and the sympathetic arms of the PLR (cholinergic and noradrenergic theory), combined with additional alterations of the afferent limb, involving the melanopsin expressing retinal ganglion cells (mRGCs), subserving the PLR. Only a few studies have evaluated the value of pupillometry as a potential biomarker in AD, providing various results compatible with parasympathetic dysfunction, displaying increased latency of pupillary constriction to light, decreased constriction amplitude, faster redilation after light offset, decreased maximum velocity of constriction (MCV) and maximum constriction acceleration (MCA) compared to controls. Decreased MCV and MCA appeared to be the most accurate of all PLR parameters allowing differentiation between AD and healthy controls while increased post-illumination pupillary response was the most consistent feature, however, these results could not be replicated by more recent studies, focusing on early and pre-clinical stages of the disease. Whether static or dynamic pupillometry yields useful biomarkers for AD screening or diagnosis remains unclear. In this review, we synopsize the current knowledge on pupillometric features in AD and other neurodegenerative diseases, and discuss potential roles of pupillometry in AD detection, diagnosis and monitoring, alone or in combination with additional biomarkers.
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- Pratik S Chougule
- Department of Visual Neurosciences, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Visual Neurosciences, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.,The Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences ACP, Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Visual Neurosciences, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore.,Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Visual Neurosciences, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.,The Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences ACP, Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.,Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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Correlation between Transient Pupillary Light Reflex and Retinal Function Impairment in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa. J Ophthalmol 2019; 2018:2519375. [PMID: 30622818 PMCID: PMC6304905 DOI: 10.1155/2018/2519375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Purpose To investigate the relationship between transient pupillary light reflex (PLR) and visual function in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Methods A retrospective study was performed with 137 eyes of 73 patients with RP. Transient pupillary light reflex was measured by the vision monitor system (MonColor; Metrovision, France). Dark-adapted transient PLRs were elicited by four specific levels of stimulus luminance (−5, −3, −1, and 0 log cd/m2, blue or white light). Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was recorded based on Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) acuity charts. Fixation stability and retinal sensitivity of radial 10° areas were measured with microperimetry. The retinal sensitivity (RS) was divided into central RS (fovea and radial 1° areas) and peripheral RS (radial 3° and 5° areas from the fovea). The patients were further classified into 2 groups (P1 > 75% and P1 < 75%) according to fixation stability. Spearman's correlation was performed to identify significant associations between BCVA, fixation stability, RS, and PLR. Results Under the stimuli of the same color light, relative pupillary constriction (RPC), latency, or velocity of constriction in the same patients was statistically different in multiple luminance, respectively. Under the same luminance, blue light induced greater RPC and velocity (except for −3 log cd/m2) than white light. Most patients showed varying degrees of threshold elevation and visual function deficiency. Besides, there was a statistically significant difference in the distribution of BCVA, MRS, or fixation stability under different thresholds. The correlation between pupillary constrictive area (PCA) and retinal sensitivity was mainly determined by the peripheral region. Moreover, patients with stable fixation showed a greater correlation between PCA and RS. Conclusion PLR induced by specific colors and luminance may serve as a promising clinical approach for assessing and monitoring rod function in advanced RP patients.
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Nakamine S, Sakai H, Arakaki Y, Yonahara M, Kaiya T. The effect of internal fixation lamp on anterior chamber angle width measured by anterior segment optical coherence tomography. Jpn J Ophthalmol 2017; 62:48-53. [PMID: 29094326 DOI: 10.1007/s10384-017-0533-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE To study the effect of the internal fixation lamp on anterior chamber width measured by anterior segment optical coherence tomography. METHODS In a prospective cross sectional observational study, consecutive 22 right eyes of 22 patients (4 men and 18 women) with suspected primary angle closure underwent swept source domain anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT), (CASIA SS-1000, Tomey, Nagoya, Japan). Anterior chamber parameters of angle opening distance (AOD), trabecular-iris angle (TIA), angle recess area (ARA) at 500 or 750 µm from scleral spur and pupil diameter were measured by AS-OCT in a three-dimensional mode in 4 quadrants (superior, inferior, temporal and nasal) in dark room setting both with and without internal fixation lamp. RESULTS Anterior segment parameters of AOD 500 in superior, inferior and temporal quadrants, AOD 750 at superior and nasal, TIA 500 at superior, and inferior and TIA 750 at superior and nasal, and ARA 500 or 750 at superior and inferior with internal fixation lamp were greater and the pupil diameter was significantly (all P < 0.05, paired t test) smaller than when measured without fixation lamp. CONCLUSIONS Internal fixation lamp of the anterior segment OCT makes the pupil constrict and angle wider. When using AS-OCT with usual setting with internal fixation lamp on with eyes in which the anterior chamber angle is narrow but open, it is recommended that the internal fixation lamp be turned off to ensure a clear indication as to whether the angle is open or closed in the dark.
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- Sakari Nakamine
- Ophthalmology, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0215, Japan.,Kaiya Eye Clinic, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 430-0903, Japan
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- Ophthalmology, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0215, Japan.
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- Ophthalmology, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0215, Japan
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- Ophthalmology, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0215, Japan
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DiCriscio AS, Troiani V. Pupil adaptation corresponds to quantitative measures of autism traits in children. Sci Rep 2017; 7:6476. [PMID: 28743966 PMCID: PMC5526922 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06829-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The pupil is known to reflect a range of psychological and physiological variables, including cognitive effort, arousal, attention, and even learning. Within autism spectrum disorder (ASD), some work has used pupil physiology to successfully classify patients with or without autism. As we have come to understand the heterogeneity of ASD and other neurodevelopmental disorders, the relationship between quantitative traits and physiological markers has become increasingly more important, as this may lead us closer to the underlying biological basis for atypical responses and behaviors. We implemented a novel paradigm designed to capture patterns of pupil adaptation during sustained periods of dark and light conditions in a pediatric sample that varied in intellectual ability and clinical features. We also investigate the relationship between pupil metrics derived from this novel task and quantitative behavioral traits associated with the autism phenotype. We show that pupil metrics of constriction and dilation are distinct from baseline metrics. Pupil dilation metrics correlate with individual differences measured by the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), a quantitative measure of autism traits. These results suggest that using a novel, yet simple, paradigm can result in meaningful pupil metrics that correlate with individual differences in autism traits, as measured by the SRS.
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- Geisinger Health System, Geisinger Autism and Developmental Medicine Institute (ADMI), Lewisburg, PA, USA
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Attard-Johnson J, Bindemann M. Sex-specific but not sexually explicit: pupillary responses to dressed and naked adults. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2017; 4:160963. [PMID: 28572991 PMCID: PMC5451792 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Dilation of the pupils is an indicator of an observer's sexual interest in other people, but it remains unresolved whether this response is strengthened or diminished by sexually explicit material. To address this question, this study compared pupillary responses of heterosexual men and women to naked and dressed portraits of male and female adult film actors. Pupillary responses corresponded with observers' self-reported sexual orientation, such that dilation occurred during the viewing of opposite-sex people, but were comparable for naked and dressed targets. These findings indicate that pupillary responses provide a sex-specific measure, but are not sensitive to sexually explicit content.
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Burstein R. Reply: Pupil area and photopigment spectral sensitivity are relevant to study of migraine photophobia. Brain 2016; 140:e3. [PMID: 28031225 DOI: 10.1093/brain/aww275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Rami Burstein
- Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02115, USA
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Mahroo OA. Pupil area and photopigment spectral sensitivity are relevant to study of migraine photophobia. Brain 2016; 140:e2. [PMID: 27818382 DOI: 10.1093/brain/aww274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Omar A Mahroo
- 1 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 162 City Road, London EC1V 2PD, UK .,2 Department of Ophthalmology, King's College London, St Thomas' Hospital Campus, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, UK .,3 Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK
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