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ArticleScientific reports2018

Age-related Changes in Eye, Brain and Visuomotor Behavior in the DBA/2J Mouse Model of Chronic Glaucoma.

Xiao-Ling Yang, Yolandi van der Merwe, Jeffrey Sims, Carlos Parra, Leon C Ho, Joel S Schuman, Gadi Wollstein, Kira L Lathrop, Kevin C Chan

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Xiao-Ling YangNeuroImaging Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Yolandi van der MerweNeuroImaging Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Jeffrey SimsNYU Langone Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, NYU School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York University, New York, New York, United States.
Carlos ParraNYU Langone Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, NYU School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York University, New York, New York, United States.
Leon C HoNeuroImaging Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Joel S SchumanNYU Langone Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, NYU School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York University, New York, New York, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8885-3766
Gadi WollsteinNYU Langone Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, NYU School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York University, New York, New York, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7036-2726
Kira L LathropUPMC Eye Center, Eye and Ear Institute, Ophthalmology and Visual Science Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Kevin C ChanNeuroImaging Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. chuenwing.chan@fulbrightmail.org.ORCID 0000-0003-4012-7084
University of Pittsburgh · USNYU Langone Health · US

Funding

Virus Production and Manipulation of Protein/Gene Expression ModuleP30EY008098 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Ethan A Rossi · 1989 to 2026
$17.8M
Glaucoma Neuroimaging in Humans and Experimental Animal ModelsR01EY028125 · NEI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI CHAN, KEVIN C · 2017 to 2021
$2.2M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY008098NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028125
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) and age are major risk factors for glaucoma, their effects on glaucoma pathogenesis remain unclear. This study examined the onset and progression of glaucomatous changes to ocular anatomy and physiology, structural and physiological brain integrity, and visuomotor behavior in the DBA/2J mice via non-invasive tonometry, multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and optokinetic assessments from 5 to 12 months of age. Using T2-weighted MRI, diffusion tensor MRI, and manganese-enhanced MRI, increasing IOP elevation at 9 and 12 months old coincided with anterior chamber deepening, altered fractional anisotropy and radial diffusivity of the optic nerve and optic tract, as well as reduced anterograde manganese transport along the visual pathway respectively in the DBA/2J mice. Vitreous body elongation and visuomotor function deterioration were observed until 9 months old, whereas axial diffusivity only decreased at 12 months old in diffusion tensor MRI. Under the same experimental settings, C57BL/6J mice only showed modest age-related changes. Taken together, these results indicate that the anterior and posterior visual pathways of the DBA/2J mice exhibit differential susceptibility to glaucomatous neurodegeneration observable by in vivo multi-modal examinations.

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AgingDisease Models, AnimalIntraocular PressureAnimalsBrainEyeFemaleGlaucomaMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiceMice, Inbred DBAOptic NerveVisual Pathways

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PMID29545576
PMCPMC5854610
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