Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Laser-induced chronic ocular hypertension model on SD rats.
- Journal:
- Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
- Year:
- 2007
- Authors:
- Chiu, Kin et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Anatomy
- Species:
- rodent
Abstract
Glaucoma is one of the major causes of blindness in the world. Elevated intraocular pressure is a major risk factor. Laser photocoagulation induced ocular hypertension is one of the well established animal models. This video demonstrates how to induce ocular hypertension by Argon laser photocoagulation in rat.
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