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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2024

Retinal Ganglion Cell Content Underlying Standard Automated Perimetry Size I to V Visual Sensitivities in the Non-Human Primate Experimental Glaucoma Model.

Varsha Venkata Srinivasan, Louvenia Carter-Dawson, Nimesh B Patel

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. Nonaxonal content of the circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer in experimental glaucoma.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2026
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3 authors.

Varsha Venkata SrinivasanUniversity of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, Texas, United States.
Louvenia Carter-DawsonUniversity of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, Texas, United States.
Nimesh B PatelUniversity of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, Texas, United States.

Funding

Research Programming ModuleP30EY007551 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI LAURA J. FRISHMAN · 1988 to 2026
$16.4M
Relating Structure to Function in Optic NeuropathiesR01EY029229 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI Nimesh Bhikhu Patel · 2019 to 2026
$3.2M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY007551NEI NIH HHS R01 EY029229
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To determine the relationship between visual sensitivities from white-on-white Goldmann size I to V stimuli and the underlying retinal ganglion cell (RGC) content in the non-human primate (NHP) experimental glaucoma model. Methods: Normative data were collected from 13 NHPs. Unilateral experimental glaucoma was induced in seven animals with the least variable fields who were monitored using optical coherence tomography and 30-2 full-threshold standard automated perimetry (SAP). At varying endpoints, animals were euthanized followed by perfusion fixation, and 1-mm retinal punches were obtained from 34 corresponding SAP locations. RGCs were immunolabeled with an antibody against an RNA-binding protein (RBPMS) marker and imaged using confocal microscopy. RGC counts from each location were then related to visual sensitivities for each stimulus size, after accounting for ocular magnification. Results: At the endpoint, the circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness for experimental glaucoma eyes ranged from 47 to 113 µm. RGC density in control eyes was greatest for the 4.24° sample (18,024 ± 6869 cells/mm2) and decreased with eccentricity. Visual sensitivity at each tested location followed that predicted by spatial summation, with the critical area increasing with eccentricity (slope = 0.0036, R2 = 0.44). The relationship between RGC counts and visual sensitivity was described using a two-line fit, where the intercept of the first segment and hinge points were dependent on eccentricity. Conclusions: In NHPs, SAP visual thresholds are related to the underlying RGCs. The resulting spatial summation based structure-function model can be used to estimate RGC content from any standard white-on-white stimulus size.

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Disease Models, AnimalGlaucomaMacaca mulattaRetinal Ganglion CellsTomography, Optical CoherenceVisual FieldsVisual Field TestsAnimalsCell CountFemaleIntraocular PressureMaleMicroscopy, ConfocalNerve Fibers

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PMID38995114
PMCPMC11246096

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