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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2022

Patches of Dysflective Cones in Eyes With No Known Disease.

Ethan Bensinger, Yiyi Wang, Austin Roorda

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Adaptive Optics Imaging of Inherited Retinal Disease.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2023
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  10. Foveal Cone Structure in Patients With Blue Cone Monochromacy.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ethan BensingerHerbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States.
Yiyi WangHerbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States.
Austin RoordaHerbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States.
University of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN VISION SCIENCET32EY007043 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Suzanne MJ FLEISZIG · 1985 to 2026
$12.9M
Advanced Technology to Study Visual Function on a Cellular ScaleR01EY023591 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI DUNCAN, JACQUE LYNNE, ROORDA, AUSTIN · 2014 to 2023
$11.2M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY023591NEI NIH HHS T32 EY007043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To characterize the structure and function of patches of dysflective cones in the foveal region of subjects with normal vision and no known pathology. Dysflective cones are cones that have little or no reflective properties in optical coherence tomography (OCT) or adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope (AOSLO) images yet exhibit measurable function. Methods: AOSLO images were surveyed for the presence of hyporeflective cone patches, and subjects were brought back for imaging to determine the changes in the hyporeflective region. Adaptive optics microperimetry (AOMP) was used to assess the function of hyporeflective patches in four subjects to determine that they did, in fact, contain dysflective cones. AOMP utilized a stimulus size of less than 1 arcmin to measure thresholds inside and outside the hyporeflective region. Results: Nineteen out of 47 individuals retrospectively reviewed had one or more regions with hyporeflective cone patches in one or both eyes. Ten subjects with hyporeflective cone patches were brought back for imaging. Seven of the 10 had resolved at follow up, and in three subjects new hyporeflective patches appeared in a different location. All AOMP-measured subjects had measurable function in the dysflective cone region. Three out of four subjects showed no difference in light sensitivity in the dysflective region compared to adjacent areas, and one subject showed a 3× reduction in sensitivity in the area. Conclusions: Patches of dysflective cone have been identified in subjects with normal vision and no known pathology, and we have observed instances where dysflective cones in these subjects regain normal reflective properties.

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Visual AcuityAdultFovea CentralisHumansMaleMiddle AgedOphthalmoscopyOptics and PhotonicsRetinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsRetrospective StudiesTomography, Optical Coherence

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PMID35072690
PMCPMC8802026
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