A zebrafish retinal graded photochemical stress model

Zebrafish retinal slice preparation.

This paper describes the protocol for generating thin (approximately 100 microm) slices of the zebrafish retina. Retinal slices retain the cytoarchitecture and synaptic contacts found in vivo, allowing neurons to be identified prior to physiological recordings. These characteristics distinguish retinal slices from both isolated cell and eyecup preparations. Studies using the zebrafish retinal s...

Zebrafish retinal mutants

We have initiated a genetic analysis of the zebrafish visual system to identify novel molecules involved in vertebrate retinal function. Zebrafish are highly visual; they have four types of cones as well as rod photoreceptors, making it possible to study both rod and cone-mediated visual responses. To identify visual mutants, optokinetic responses of mutagenized larvae are measured in a three-g...

Using Temperature of IR Sources for Assessing Photochemical and Aphakic Retinal Hazard

Introduction Blue light is a part of the spectrum with the highest energy content, which can reach the retina. The damage that it can cause to the retina is called photochemical or blue-light retinal injury. For the retinal injury assessment of the photochemical and aphakic retinal hazards in the wavelength range of 300-700 nm, use of effective spectral radiance limits (W.m-2.sr-1) seems to be ...

A Photochemical Equilibrium Model for Ionospheric Conductivity

A New Quasi-3D Model for Functionally Graded Plates

This article investigates the static behavior of functionally graded plate under mechanical loads by using a new quasi 3D model. The theory is designated as fifth-order shear and normal deformation theory (FOSNDT). Properties of functionally graded material are graded across the transverse direction by using the rule of mixture i.e. power-law. The effect of thickness stretching is considered to...