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Test systems for measuring ocular parameters and visual function in mice
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Section of Neurobiology of the Eye, University Eye Hospital, Calwerstrasse 7/1, 72076 Tubingen, Germany
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Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2008, 13(13), 4904–4911;
https://doi.org/10.2741/3049
Published: 1 May 2008
Abstract
New techniques are described to measure refractive state, pupil responses, corneal curvature, ocular dimensions and spatial vision in mice. These variables are important for studies on myopia development in mice, but they are also valuable for phenotyping mouse mutants and for pharmacological studies.