Figure 7.

Representative SD-OCT showing the retinal features of stra6 +/+ and stra6 −/− mice at 6 weeks and 5 months. Images from 5-month group were taken at a lower magnification. Lower panel of 6-week-old mice shows the presence of asteroid-like dense structures (PHVP) above the retinal layers of both right (OD) and left (OS) eyes of stra6 −/− mice (arrows). These structures were able to block the light path through the retina generating a shadow effect. However, in the lower panels of 5-month-old mice, despite the presence of PHVP in both eyes, the light path was not blocked, probably due to variability in the anatomical localization and degree of pigmentation.