Recent epidemiological evidence in children indicates that time spent outdoors is protective
against myopia. Studies in animal models (chick, macaque, tree shrew) have found that light …

Our current understanding of emmetropisation and myopia development has evolved from
decades of work in various animal models, including chicks, non‐human primates, tree …

Form deprivation (FD) was induced in 61 guinea pigs with a diffuser worn on one eye. The
form-deprived eye elongated and developed myopia within 6 days in animals raised under a …

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 …

Experiments in several species have shown that the axial elongation rate of the developing
eye can be increased or decreased by manipulating the visual environment, indicating that a …

purpose. To investigate the role of scleral creep in the axial elongation of chick and tree
shrew eyes with induced myopia. methods. Form-deprivation myopia was induced with a …

As they grow up, approximately 25% of children in the United States become myopic
(nearsighted)(Sperduto and others 1983). A much smaller percentage become significantly …

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 …

To examine the susceptible period for deprivation-induced myopia, six groups of tree shrew
pups (Tupaia glis belangeri) were monocularly deprived for 12 days with an opaque …

purpose. In tree shrews, visual form deprivation produces increased axial elongation of the
deprived eye and a myopic shift in refractive state. A change in scleral extensibility (creep …