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 …

As the eye's main load-bearing connective tissue, the sclera is centrally important to vision.
In addition to cooperatively maintaining refractive status with the cornea, the sclera must …

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 …

Wojciechowski R. Nature and nurture: the complex genetics of myopia and refractive error.
The refractive errors, myopia and hyperopia, are optical defects of the visual system that can …

In order to develop effective optical treatment strategies for myopia, it is important to
understand how visual experience influences refractive development. Beginning with the …

In infant tree shrews, exposure to narrow-band long-wavelength (red) light, that stimulates
long-wavelength sensitive cones almost exclusively, slows axial elongation and produces …

The tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri) is a promising laboratory animal that possesses a closer
genetic relationship to primates than to rodents. In addition, advantages such as small size …

Near infrared (NIR) light therapy, or photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT), has gained
persistent worldwide attention in recent years as a new novel scientific approach for …

Shortly after birth, the eyes of most animals (including humans) are hyperopic because the
short axial length places the retina in front of the focal plane. During postnatal development …

Myopia is an extremely common eye disorder but the pathogenesis of its isolated form,
which accounts for the overwhelming majority of cases, remains poorly understood. There is …