Chromatically simulated myopic blur counteracts a myopiagenic environment
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There is a world-wide epidemic of myopia (nearsightedness), produced largely by human-made environmental visual cues that disrupt the emmetropization feedback mechanism that normally uses defocus cues to produce and maintain eyes in good focus. Previous studies have shown that the wavelength of light affects this process and that myopic defocus can slow the progression of myopia in children. We first asked if continuous exposure to a small cage with restricted viewing distance would produce an environmentally-induced myopia in tree shrews, small diurnal mammals closely related to primates. A group (n = 7) spent 11 days in a small cage with restricted viewing distance; one wall was a video display covered with Maltese crosses that included low-to-high spatial frequencies in the range visible to tree shrews. This group developed myopia (-1.2 ± 0.4 [stderr] D) that was significant relative to a colony group of seven animals (+1.0 ± 0.2 D) raised in mesh cages allowing more distant viewing. We then asked if chromatically-simulated myopic defocus, produced by blurring just the blue channel of the video display, would counteract this environmentally-induced myopia in a group of eight tree shrews. This group instead became significantly hyperopic (+4.0 ± 0.4 D) due to slowed axial elongation. These results demonstrate the high potency of chromatic cues in refractive regulation and may provide the basis for an anti-myopia treatment in humans.
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Experimental eye research - 222(2022) vom: 15. Sept., Seite 109187 |
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Date Completed 08.09.2022 Date Revised 29.01.2023 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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