IMI–Report on experimental models of emmetropization and myopia

D Troilo, EL Smith, DL Nickla, R Ashby… - … & visual science, 2019 - iovs.arvojournals.org
The results of many studies in a variety of species have significantly advanced our
understanding of the role of visual experience and the mechanisms of postnatal eye growth …

[HTML][HTML] IMI—the dynamic choroid: new insights, challenges, and potential significance for human myopia

LA Ostrin, E Harb, DL Nickla, SA Read… - … & Visual Science, 2023 - jov.arvojournals.org
The choroid is the richly vascular layer of the eye located between the sclera and Bruch's
membrane. Early studies in animals, as well as more recent studies in humans, have …

[HTML][HTML] One-year myopia control efficacy of spectacle lenses with aspherical lenslets

J Bao, A Yang, Y Huang, X Li, Y Pan, C Ding… - British Journal of …, 2022 - bjo.bmj.com
Aims To evaluate the 1-year efficacy of two new myopia control spectacle lenses with
lenslets of different asphericity. Methods One hundred seventy schoolchildren aged 8–13 …

How does spending time outdoors protect against myopia? A review

G Lingham, DA Mackey, R Lucas… - British Journal of …, 2020 - bjo.bmj.com
Myopia is an increasingly common condition that is associated with significant costs to
individuals and society. Moreover, myopia is associated with increased risk of glaucoma …

Circadian rhythms, refractive development, and myopia

R Chakraborty, LA Ostrin, DL Nickla… - Ophthalmic and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Despite extensive research, mechanisms regulating postnatal eye growth and
those responsible for ametropias are poorly understood. With the marked recent increases …

Choroidal changes in human myopia: insights from optical coherence tomography imaging

SA Read, JA Fuss, SJ Vincent, MJ Collins… - Clinical and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The choroid is a vascular tissue which plays a range of critical roles in the normal physiology
of the eye, such as supplying the outer retina with oxygen and nutrients and the regulation of …

Light signaling and myopia development: a review

P Zhang, H Zhu - Ophthalmology and therapy, 2022 - Springer
Introduction The aim of this article was to comprehensively review the relationship between
light exposure and myopia with a focus on the effects of the light wavelength, illuminance …

Reading and myopia: contrast polarity matters

AC Aleman, M Wang, F Schaeffel - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
In myopia the eye grows too long, generating poorly focused retinal images when people try
to look at a distance. Myopia is tightly linked to the educational status and is on the rise …

Animal models in myopia research

F Schaeffel, M Feldkaemper - Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Our current understanding of the development of refractive errors, in particular myopia,
would be substantially limited had Wiesel and Raviola not discovered by accident that …

[HTML][HTML] Choroidal thickness in childhood

SA Read, MJ Collins, SJ Vincent… - … & visual science, 2013 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: We examined choroidal thickness (ChT) and its spatial distribution across the
posterior pole in pediatric subjects with normal ocular health and minimal refractive error …