Normal ocular development in young rhesus monkeys ( Macaca mulatta)

• Published in: Vision research (Oxford) Vol. 47; no. 11; pp. 1424 - 1444
• Main Authors: Qiao-Grider, Ying, Hung, Li-Fang, Kee, Chea-su, Ramamirtham, Ramkumar, Smith, Earl L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2007; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Anatomy, Comparative; Animals; Axial length; Biological and medical sciences; Biometry; Cornea - anatomy & histology; Cornea - growth & development; Crystalline lens; Emmetropization; Eye - anatomy & histology; Eye - growth & development; Eye and associated structures. Visual pathways and centers. Vision; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Hyperopia; Lens, Crystalline - anatomy & histology; Macaca mulatta - growth & development; Medical sciences; Ophthalmology; Refractive error; Refractive Errors; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Vision disorders; Axial length; Hyperopia; Emmetropization; Refractive error; Crystalline lens; Vision disorder; Monkey; Macaca mulatta; Visual system; Eye disease; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Length; Animal; Primates; Simioidea; Development; Lens

The purpose of this study was to characterize normal ocular development in infant monkeys and to establish both qualitative and quantitative relationships between human and monkey refractive development. The subjects were 214 normal rhesus monkeys. Cross-sectional data were obtained from 204 monkeys...