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Principal Investigator
Christine Wildsoet
PhD, Dip Appl Sc (Optom), BSc (Hons), FAAO, Associate Professor in Optometry & Vision Science
Email: wildsoet@uclink.berkeley.edu

Publications

Myopia
Wildsoet CF and Pettigrew J (1988). Kainic acid-induced eye enlargement in chickens, differential effects on anterior and posterior segments. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 29: 311-319.

Wildsoet CF and Pettigrew J (1988). Experimental myopia and anomalous eye growth patterns unaffected by optic nerve section in chickens: evidence for local control of eye growth. Clin Vis Sci 3: 99-107.

Wildsoet CF, Howland HC, Falconer S and Dick K (1993). Chromatic aberration and accommodation: their role in emmetropization in the chick. Vision Res 33: 1593-1603.

Teakle EM, Wildsoet CF, Vaney DI (1993). Spatial organization of dopaminergic amacrine cells in chick retina: consequences of myopia. Vision Res 33: 2383-2396.

Wildsoet CF (1993). The Aetiology of Myopia - A review of results from animal studies and their implications for the clinical management of human myopia. IN: Proceedings Ninth Asian-Pacific Optometric Congress, April, 1993.

Wallman, J, Wildsoet CF, Xu A, Gottlieb MD, Nickla DL, Marran L, Krebs W, Christensen AM (1995). Moving the retina: Choroidal modulation of refractive state. Vision Res 35: 37-50.

Collins MJ, Wildsoet CF, Atchison DA (1995). Monochromatic aberrations and myopia. Vision Res 35: 1157-1164.

Atchison DA, Collins MJ, Wildsoet CF, Christensen J, Waterworth MD (1995). Measurement of monochromatic aberrations of the human eye as a function of accommodation. Vision Res 35: 313-323.

Wildsoet CF, Wallman, J (1995). Choroidal and scleral mechanisms of compensation for spectacle lenses in chicks. Vision Res 35: 1175-1194.

Schmid K, Wildsoet CF (1996). Breed- and gender-dependent differences in eye growth and form deprivation responses in chicks. J Comp Physiol A 178: 551-561.

Schmid K, Wildsoet CF (1996). Effects of the compensatory responses to positive and negative lenses of intermittent lens wear and ciliary nerve section in chicks. Vision Res 36: 1023-1036.

Schmid K, Wildsoet CF (1997). The sensitivity of the chick eye to refractive defocus. Ophthal Physiol Opt 17: 61-67.

Schmid K, Wildsoet CF (1997). Hard contact lenses alter accommodative gain but do not prevent refractive adaptation in chicks. Optom Vis Sci 74: 20-27.

Wildsoet CF. (1997) Active emmetropization: evidence for its existence and ramifications for clinical practice. Ophthal Physiol Opt 17: 279-290. (also reprinted in Spanish in Ciencias de la Optometria, 1999).

Nickla DL, Wallman J, Wildsoet CF (1997). Compensation for spectacle lenses involves changes in proteoglycan synthesis in both the sclera and choroid. Curr Eye Res 16: 320-326 (ERRATUM: 625).

Schmid K, Wildsoet CF (1997). Contrast and spatial frequency requirements for emmetropization in chicks. Vision Res 37: 2011-2021.

Schmid K, Wildsoet CF (1997). Natural and imposed astigmatism and their relation to emmetropization in the chick. Exp Eye Res 64: 837-847.

Nickla DL, Wallman J, Wildsoet CF (1998). The circadian rhythm in intraocular pressure and its relation to diurnal ocular growth changes in chicks. Exp Eye Res 66: 183-193.

Nickla DL, Wallman J, Wildsoet CF (1998). Visual influences on diurnal rhythms in ocular length and choroidal thickness in chick eyes. Exp Eye Res 66; 163-181

Nevin ST, Schmid KL, Wildsoet CF (1998). Sharp vision - a prerequisite for compensation to myopic defocus in the chick? Curr Eye Res 17: 322-331.

Wildsoet CF (1998). Structural correlates of myopia In: Myopia and Near Work, Gilmartin B & Rosenfield M (eds), Butterworth-Heinemann: Oxford, pp 31-56.

Schmid KL, Strang NC, Wildsoet CF (1999). Imposed retinal image size changes - do they provide a cue to the sign of lens-induced defocus in chick? Optom Vision Sci 76: 320-325.

Wildsoet CF, Norton TT (1999). Editorial: Towards controlling myopia progression? Optom Vision Sci 76: 341-342.

Wildsoet CF, Wong ROL (1999). News and Views: A far-sighted view of myopia. Nature Medicine 5: 879-880.

Wildsoet CF (1999). Structural correlates of myopia. Part I. Optician. 218 (5719): 16-21.

Wildsoet CF (1999). Structural correlates of myopia. Part II. Optician. 218 (5720): 18-19.

Wildsoet CF, Oswald PJ, Clark S (2000). Albinism: Its implications for refractive development. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 41: 1-7.

Wildsoet CF, Nevin ST, Schmid KL (2000). Influence of controlled viewing conditions on emmetropization to imposed myopic defocus in the chick. IN: Myopia Updates II, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on
Myopia, 1998 (LL-K Lin, Y-F Shih, PT Hung eds), Springer, Tokyo, pp. 113-117.

Troilo D, Nickla DL, Wildsoet CF (2000). Choroidal thickness changes during altered eye growth and refractive state in a primate. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 41: 1249-1258.

Schmid KL, Abbott M, Humphries M, Pyne K, Wildsoet CF (2000). Timolol lowers intraocular pressure but does not inhibit the development of experimental myopia in chick. Exp Eye Res 70: 659-666.

Wildsoet CF, Schmid KL (2000). Optical correction of form deprivation myopia prevents refractive recovery in chick eyes with intact or sectioned optic nerves. Vision Res 40: 3273-3282.

Troilo D, Nickla DL, Wildsoet CF (2000). Form deprivation myopia in mature common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 41: 2043-2049.

Nickla DL, Wildsoet CF, Troilo D (2000). Ocular diurnal rhythms in animal models of eye growth: Implications for ocular growth regulation. Myopia 2000: Proceedings of the VIII International Conference on Myopia (F Thorn, D
Troilo, J Gwiazda eds), Boston, pp. 302-307.

Flitcroft DI, Troilo D, Wildsoet CF (2000). A new perspective in the pharmacological treatment of myopia. Myopia 2000: Proceedings of the VIII International Conference on Myopia (F Thorn, D Troilo, J Gwiazda eds), Boston, pp 195-199.

Wildsoet CF (2000). Myopization and the effects of optic nerve section revisited – A study in chick. Myopia 2000: Proceedings of the VIII International Conference on Myopia (F Thorn, D Troilo, J Gwiazda eds), Boston, pp 151-156.

Nickla DL, Wildsoet CF, Troilo D (2001). Endogenous rhythms in axial length and choroidal thickness in chicks: implications for ocular growth regulation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 42: 584-588.

Wildsoet, CF, Schmid KL (2001). Emmetropization in chicks uses optical vergence and relative distance cues to decode defocus. Vision Res 41: 3197-3204.

Fitzgerald MEC, Wildsoet CF, Reiner A (2002). Temporal relationship of choroidal blood flow and thickness changes during recovery from form deprivation myopia in chicks. Exp Eye Res 74: 561-70.

Nickla DL, Wildsoet CF, Troilo D (2002). Diurnal rhythms in intraocular pressure, axial length and choroidal thickness in a primate model of eye growth, the comon marmoset. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 43: 2519-2528.

Schmid KL, Hill T, Abbott, M, Humphries M, Pyne K, Wildsoet CF (2003). Relationship between intraocular pressure and eye growth in chick. Ophthal Physiol Opt 23: 25-33.

Coletta NJ, Marcos S, Wildsoet CF, Troilo D (2003). Double-pass measurement of retinal image quality in the chicken eye. Optom Vis Sci 80: 50-57.

Wildsoet CF. Neural pathways subserving negative lens-induced emmetropization in chicks – Insights from selective lesioning of the optic nerve and/or ciliary nerve. Curr Eye Res (under review).

Other
Wildsoet CF (1981). Photoclinic: Asteroid hyalitis. Aust J Optom 65: 211.

Bryan LJ, O'Donnell SR and Wildsoet CF (1984). The contribution of diffusion to the entry of catecholamine into guinea-pig trachealis smooth muscle cells. Naunyn-Schiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol 327:133-138.

Wildsoet CF (1985). Diagnostic drugs - what are the risks? Aust J Optom 68: 85-95.

Wildsoet CF and Cameron KD (1985). The effect of illumination and foveal fusion lock on clinical fixation disparity measurements with the Sheedy disparometer. Ophthal Physiol Opt 5: 171-178.

Wildsoet CF (1986). Vernal conjunctivitis - a treatable condition. Clin Exp Optom 69: 169-173.

Chiswell B and Wildsoet CF (1986). On the possible sources of ocular irritation in chlorinated swimming pools. Clin Exp Optom 69: 178-182.

Tan A, Ting L and Wildsoet CF (1987). The effects of tinted contact lenses on colour vision. Clin Exp Optom 70: 78-81.

Dyer B, Masci D, Sakkas D and Wildsoet C (1989). Ocular protection for competition swimmers. Clin Exp Optom 72: 74-78.

Chiswell B and Wildsoet CF (1989). The causes of eye irritation in swimming pools. Water Science and Technology 21: 242-244.

Pettigrew JD, Wallman J and Wildsoet CF (1990). Saccadic oscillations facilitate ocular perfusion from the avian pecten. Nature 343: 362-363.

Swann PG, Brown B and Wildsoet CF (1990). The influence of sleep and central corneal thickness on intraocular pressure in a case of glaucoma. Clin Eye Vis Care 2: 19-23.

Swann PG, Brown B and Wildsoet CF (1990). The influence of sleep and central corneal thickness on intraocular pressure in a case of glaucoma. Practical Optom 1: 112-115. (Reprint of No. 17).

Swann PG, Livanes A and Wildsoet CF (1990). Fabry's disease. Clin Eye Vis Care 2: 186-191.

Wildsoet CF, Brown B and Swann PG (1990). Darkness and sleep as contributing factors to diurnal variation in intraocular pressure. Glaucoma 12: 140-147.

Schmid KL, Schmid LM, Wildsoet CF and Pettigrew JD (1992). Retinal topography in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Brain Behav Evol 39: 8-16.

Wildsoet CF, Eyeson-Annan M, Brown B, Swann PG, Fletcher T (1993). An investigation of parameters influencing intraocular pressure increases during sleep. Ophthal Physiol Opt 13: 357-365.

Wildsoet CF, Atchison DA, Collins MJ (1993). Longitudinal chromatic aberration as a function of refractive error. Clin Exp Optom 76: 119-122.

Wildsoet CF, Wood JA and Parke JG (1994) Audio-teleconferencing as a medium for distance learning - A first for Australian Optometry. Conference Proceedings: 2nd Biennial Australian Rural and Remote Health Conference, Toowoomba, Qld, August 11-13.

Wildsoet CF, Wood J and Parke J (1996). Audio-teleconferencing as a medium for distance learning - its application for continuing education in Optometry. Aust J Rural Health 4: 18-27.

Wood J, Wildsoet CF ( 1996). Optometric services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities throughout Queensland. Clin Exp Optom 79: 215-226.

Wildsoet CF, Wood J (1996). Primary eye care needs and services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations across Queensland: a "users" perspective. Clin Exp Optom 79: 188-201.

Carkeet A, Wildsoet CF, Wood JM (1997). Psychophysical measurement of inter-ocular asymmetry of visual latency. Ophthal Physiol Opt 17: 255-262.

Wildsoet CF, Wood J, Maag H, Sabdia S (1998). The effect of different forms of monocular occlusion on measures of central visual function. Ophthal Physiol Opt 18: 263-268.

Schmid KL, Wildsoet CF (1998). Research Note: Assessment of visual acuity and contrast sensitivity in the chick using an optokinetic nystagmus paradigm. Vision Res 38: 2629-2634.

Wildsoet CF, Wood JM, Hassan S (1998). Development and validation of a visual acuity chart for Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Optom Vis Sci 75: 806-812.

 
 

 
 
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