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High-Throughput Binocular Pattern Electroretinograms in the Mouse

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Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1695))

Abstract

We describe a new method for obtaining user-friendly, robust pattern electroretinograms (PERG) simultaneously from each eye using asynchronous binocular stimulation and one-channel acquisition of signals recorded from a subcutaneous needle in the snout.

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Acknowledgments

Grant support. NEI R43 EY023460 (JTN), NEI EY019077 (VP), NEI P30EY14801 (VP).

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  1. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, McKnight Vision Research Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1638 NW 10th Avenue, Room 507A, Miami, FL, 33136, USA

    Tsung-Han Chou & Vittorio Porciatti

  2. Jorvec Corporation, Miami, FL, USA

    Jonathon Toft-Nielsen

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Correspondence to Vittorio Porciatti .

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Schepens Eye, Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Tatjana C. Jakobs

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Chou, TH., Toft-Nielsen, J., Porciatti, V. (2018). High-Throughput Binocular Pattern Electroretinograms in the Mouse. In: Jakobs, T. (eds) Glaucoma. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1695. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7407-8_6

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7407-8_6

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