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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Eye Res. 2013 Jan 7;114:96–105. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2012.12.014

Table III.

Reported shifts in refraction and axial length with deprivation of form vision. Form deprivation was produced by a diffuser goggle unless otherwise noted.

Strain Visual disruption Change in refractive error (D) Change in Axial length (μm) Axial length (μm )/D Reference
C57BL/6J Form deprivation −8.84 79 8.9 (Qian et al., 2009)
C57BL/6J Form deprivation −2.02* 38 18 (Schmucker and Schaeffel, 2004a)
C57BL/6J Form deprivation −3.85 NS* (Schaeffel et al., 2004)
C57BL/6J Form deprivation −6.16 50 8 (Zhou et al., 2012)
C57BL/6J Form deprivation −8.72 46 5 (Yu et al., 2011)
BALB/c Form deprivation (lid suture) −6.14 229 37 (Barathi et al., 2008)
BALB/c −10D lens defocus −13.03 367 28 (Barathi et al., 2008)
C57BL/6J Form deprivation (lid suture) −6.33 252 39 (Tejedor and de la Villa, 2003)
C57BL/6J 2 Hz Flickering light −4.85 24 5 (Yu et al., 2011)
C57BL/6J Prolonged light −2.4 63.6 26.5 (Zhou et al., 2010a)
*

Difference between the visually manipulated and control eyes were not significantly different.