Comparing the Effects of Two Different Irrigation Solutions on an Isolated Perfused Vertebrate Retina
Author(s) -
Kai Januschowski,
Ramin Maddani,
Sebastian Mueller,
Matthias Lüeke,
Martin S. Spitzer,
Maximilian Schultheiß,
Karl Ulrich BartzSchmidt,
Peter Szurman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
ophthalmic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1423-0259
pISSN - 0030-3747
DOI - 10.1159/000335365
Subject(s) - erg , retina , taurine , retinal , washout , darkness , ganglion , biology , biophysics , anatomy , chemistry , medicine , biochemistry , botany , neuroscience , amino acid
To compare the effect of a taurine-containing intraocular irrigation solution (PuriProtect TM) to a standard irrigation solution (BSS TM) we evaluated the retinal function using an electroretinogram (ERG) and analyzed the survival of retinal ganglion cells on isolated whole mount retinas.
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