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Abstract #110067 Published in IGR 24-1

Utility of Light-Adapted Full-Field Electroretinogram ON and OFF Responses for Detecting Glaucomatous Functional Damage

Dunn M; Cull G; Reynaud J; Jennings D; Holthausen T; Di Polo A; Fortune B
Translational vision science & technology 2023; 12: 16


PURPOSE: To compare parameters of electroretinogram (ERG) responses for their ability to detect functional loss in early stages of nonhuman primate (NHP) experimental glaucoma (EG), including photopic negative responses (PhNR) to a standard brief red flash on a blue background (R/B) and 200-ms-long R/B and white-on-white (W/W) flashes, to W/W flicker stimuli (5-50 Hz), and to a dark-adapted intensity series. METHODS: Light-adapted ERGs were recorded in 12 anesthetized monkeys with unilateral EG. Amplitudes and implicit times of the a-wave, b-wave, and d-wave were measured, as well as amplitudes of PhNRs and oscillatory potentials for flash onset and offset. Flicker ERGs were measured using peak-trough and fundamental frequency analyses. Dark-adapted ERG parameters were modeled by Naka-Rushton relationships. RESULTS: Only PhNR amplitudes were significantly reduced in EG eyes compared to fellow control (FC) eyes. The d-wave implicit time was delayed in EG versus FC eyes only for the W/W long flash, but in all eyes it was 10 to 20 ms slower for R/B versus the W/W condition. Flicker ERGs were <0.5 ms delayed in EG versus FC overall, but amplitudes were affected only at 5 Hz. The brief R/B PhNR amplitude had the highest sensitivity to detect EG and strongest correlation to parameters of structural damage. CONCLUSIONS: The PhNR to the standard brief R/B stimulus was best for detecting and following early-stage functional loss in NHP EG. TRANSLATIONAL RELEVANCE: These results suggest that there would be no benefit in using longer duration flashes to separate onset and offset responses for clinical management of glaucoma.

Discoveries in Sight Research Laboratories, Devers Eye Institute, Legacy Health, Portland, OR, USA.

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