Essays about: "retinal disease"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words retinal disease.

  1. 1. Developing a reproducible bioinformatics workflow for canine inherited retinal disease

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Melina Toni Marie Martin; [2023]
    Keywords : CanFam4; Nextflow; Inherited Retinal Degeneration; dog; whole-genome sequencing; bioinformatics;

    Abstract : Inherited Retinal Degenerations (IRDs) are a heterogenous group of diseases which lead to vision impairment and can be found both in humans and in dogs. About 1 in 1,380 humans is estimated to suffer from an autosomal recessive IRD, which would be 5.5 million people worldwide, and many more are estimated to be unaffected carriers. READ MORE

  3. 2. Relation between retinal morphology, visual pathway integrity and plasmatic amyloid beta 42 peptide in old and young beagles

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Emilia Miranda Peluso; [2020]
    Keywords : cognitive dysfunction syndrome; dog; optical coherence tomography; OCT; visual evoked potentials; VEP;

    Abstract : The spontaneously occurring behavioural syndrome referred to as canine cognitive dysfunction (CCD) is considered the canine counterpart of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Changes in the retina such as nerve fibre layer (NFL) and ganglion cell complex (GCC) thinning have been observed in Alzheimer’s patients. READ MORE

  4. 3. Optimization of a multiplex ARMS-PCR for detection of the primary mutations causing Leber’s hereditary optic neuropath

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa

    Author : Klara Jäder; [2020]
    Keywords : Allele-specific PCR; LHON; Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction; mitochondrial DNA; single nucleotide polymorphism;

    Abstract : Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a genetic disease that causes the patients to become blind, first in one eye and then the other, around the ages of 10-75 years. The disease is caused by mutations in the mitochondrial DNA, which disturbs the respiratory chain leading to the deterioration of the retinal ganglion cells. READ MORE

  5. 4. Progressive retinal atrophy in cats

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Aida Wolf; [2019]
    Keywords : Progressive retinal atrophy; retinal degeneration; cat; feline;

    Abstract : Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) is an umbrella term used to describe a variety of inherited retinopathies observed in multiple species. This literature study focuses on PRA observed in five different cat breeds: Abyssinian, Siamese, Persian, Bengal and African black-footed cat. READ MORE

  6. 5. Segmentation-based Retinal Image Analysis

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Qian Wu; [2019]
    Keywords : Retinal Image; Machine Learning; Image Segmentation;

    Abstract : Context. Diabetic retinopathy is the most common cause of new cases of legal blindness in people of working age. Early diagnosis is the key to slowing the progression of the disease, thus preventing blindness. Retinal fundus image is an important basis for judging these retinal diseases. READ MORE