PURPOSE: To characterize the pupil light reflex (PLR), electroretinographic (ERG) and tonometric parameters in healthy rat eyes. METHODS: Brown Norway rats were used for experiments. The PLR was evaluated with a computerized pupillometer (n = 27), ERGs were recorded simultaneously from both eyes (n = 27) and IOP was measured with a Tonopen (n = 15). RESULTS: The analysis of the PLR parameters confirmed that the consensual PLR had a significantly smaller amplitude (0.1-0.2 mm; p = 0.03) and an increased latency time (p = 0.001) compared to the direct PLR. Electroretinography revealed an a-wave amplitude of 207.2 +/- 13 microV with a latency of 25.6 +/- 0.7 ms, and a b-wave 554.3 +/- 24.5 microV with a latency of 21.4 + 1.8 ms. The flicker ERG recording revealed amplitudes of 40.6 +/- 2.4 microV. Tonometry measurements revealed that isoflurane, but not halothane, anesthesia suppressed the IOP (non-anesthetized: 25.3 +/- 1.0 mmHg; 1% halothane + 30% NO: 26.2 +/- 1.1 (p > 0.1); 1% isoflurane + 30% NO: 20.1 + 1.6 (p < 0.05)). CONCLUSIONS: Consensual PLR in rats has a relative deficit compared to the direct PLR. Isoflurane anesthesia has a suppressive effect on the IOP in healthy rat eyes.
PURPOSE: To characterize the pupil light reflex (PLR), electroretinographic (ERG) and tonometric parameters in healthy rat eyes. METHODS: Brown Norway rats were used for experiments. The PLR was evaluated with a computerized pupillometer (n = 27), ERGs were recorded simultaneously from both eyes (n = 27) and IOP was measured with a Tonopen (n = 15). RESULTS: The analysis of the PLR parameters confirmed that the consensual PLR had a significantly smaller amplitude (0.1-0.2 mm; p = 0.03) and an increased latency time (p = 0.001) compared to the direct PLR. Electroretinography revealed an a-wave amplitude of 207.2 +/- 13 microV with a latency of 25.6 +/- 0.7 ms, and a b-wave 554.3 +/- 24.5 microV with a latency of 21.4 + 1.8 ms. The flicker ERG recording revealed amplitudes of 40.6 +/- 2.4 microV. Tonometry measurements revealed that isoflurane, but not halothane, anesthesia suppressed the IOP (non-anesthetized: 25.3 +/- 1.0 mmHg; 1% halothane + 30% NO: 26.2 +/- 1.1 (p > 0.1); 1% isoflurane + 30% NO: 20.1 + 1.6 (p < 0.05)). CONCLUSIONS: Consensual PLR in rats has a relative deficit compared to the direct PLR. Isoflurane anesthesia has a suppressive effect on the IOP in healthy rat eyes.
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