 Iris
"Iris" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The most anterior portion of the uveal layer, separating the anterior chamber from the posterior. It consists of two layers - the stroma and the pigmented epithelium. Color of the iris depends on the amount of melanin in the stroma on reflection from the pigmented epithelium.
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D007498
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.371.060.450 A09.371.894.513
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1984 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Iris" by people in Profiles.
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Ostrin LA, Liu Y, Choh V, Wildsoet CF. The role of the iris in chick accommodation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Jul 01; 52(7):4710-6.
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Anderson HA, Bertrand KC, Manny RE, Hu YS, Fern KD. Comparison of two drug combinations for dilating dark irides. Optom Vis Sci. 2010 Feb; 87(2):120-4.
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Ostrin LA, Glasser A. Autonomic drugs and the accommodative system in rhesus monkeys. Exp Eye Res. 2010 Jan; 90(1):104-12.
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Applegate RA, Donnelly WJ, Marsack JD, Koenig DE, Pesudovs K. Three-dimensional relationship between high-order root-mean-square wavefront error, pupil diameter, and aging. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2007 Mar; 24(3):578-87.
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Glasser A, Wendt M, Ostrin L. Accommodative changes in lens diameter in rhesus monkeys. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006 Jan; 47(1):278-86.
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Ostrin LA, Glasser A. The effects of phenylephrine on pupil diameter and accommodation in rhesus monkeys. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004 Jan; 45(1):215-21.
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Cameron JS, Dryer L, Dryer SE. Regulation of neuronal K(+) currents by target-derived factors: opposing actions of two different isoforms of TGFbeta. Development. 1999 Sep; 126(18):4157-64.
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Kleinstein RN, Mutti DO, Manny RE, Shin JA, Zadnik K. Cycloplegia in African-American children. Optom Vis Sci. 1999 Feb; 76(2):102-7.
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Subramony P, Raucher S, Dryer L, Dryer SE. Posttranslational regulation of Ca(2+)-activated K+ currents by a target-derived factor in developing parasympathetic neurons. Neuron. 1996 Jul; 17(1):115-24.
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Manny RE, Fern KD, Zervas HJ, Cline GE, Scott SK, White JM, Pass AF. 1% Cyclopentolate hydrochloride: another look at the time course of cycloplegia using an objective measure of the accommodative response. Optom Vis Sci. 1993 Aug; 70(8):651-65.
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