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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004 Oct;45(10):3620–3628. doi: 10.1167/iovs.04-0258

Table 1.

Centrally and Pharmacologically Stimulated Static Accommodative Amplitude

Accommodative Amplitude before Pirenzepine
Accommodative Amplitude after Pirenzepine
Central Stimulation
Central Stimulation
Carbachol Stimulation
Monkey Experimental Eye Control Eye Experimental Eye Control Eye Experimental Eye Control Eye
111 14.08 11.75 0.00 9.67 1.60 18.71
38 13.33 13.33 0.00 12.00 0.00 15.46
70 12.58 10.67 1.67 7.67 3.02 11.56
4 9.80 NA 0.84 NA 2.25 14.38
Average ± SEM 12.45 ± 0.93 11.92 ± 0.77 0.63 ± 0.40 9.78 ± 1.25 1.70 ± 0.64 15.03 ± 1.48

Centrally stimulated amplitude was measured with a Hartinger coincidence refractometer in both eyes before and 35 minutes after subconjunctival injection of 2% pirenzepine into one eye. Carbachol was applied iontophoretically 40 minutes after pirenzepine injection. Data are expressed in diopters.