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ArticleDocumenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology2025

Effects of flickering light stimulation on retinal blood flow and full-field electroretinogram in mice.

Milan Rai, Yamunadevi Lakshmanan, Kai Yip Choi, Henry Ho-Lung Chan

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Article in Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Milan RaiSchool of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yamunadevi LakshmananCentre for Eye and Vision Research (CEVR), 17W Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Kai Yip ChoiSchool of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Henry Ho-Lung ChanSchool of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China. henryhl.chan@polyu.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0002-8516-4711

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purposeTo investigate the effects of brief flickering light stimulation (FLS) on retinal electrophysiology and retinal blood flow (RBF) in normal C57BL6J mice.

methodsRBF and full-field electroretinography (ffERG) were measured before and after a 60 second FLS (12 Hz, 0.1 cd·s/m

resultsFLS significantly increased both arterial (p=0.003) and venous (p=0.018) blood flow as well as b-wave amplitudes (p=0.017) compared to SLS, which did not have any significant changes in either RBF or ERG. However, no significant differences were found in other ffERG responses (amplitudes and implicit times of a-wave, OPs, and PhNR, as well as b-wave implicit time) between the two groups after light stimulation. An increase in b-wave amplitude was positively associated with an increase in both arterial (r=0.655, p=0.040) and venous blood flow (r=0.638, p=0.047) in the FLS group.

conclusionsOur results suggest that transient FLS not only increases RBF but also enhances electro-retinal responses of the middle retinal layer, as shown by ffERG, thus demonstrating its substantial effects on both the vascular and neuronal components of retinal neurovascular coupling in mice.

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ElectroretinographyLightPhotic StimulationRegional Blood FlowRetinaRetinal VesselsAnimalsBlood Flow VelocityMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLAmplitudesElectro-retinal activityRetinal electrophysiologyRetinal neurovascular coupling

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