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Effects of Monocular Light Deprivation on the Diurnal Rhythms in Retinal and Choroidal Thickness

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ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.63.8.6

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diurnal rhythms; retinal thickness; choroidal thickness; light exposure; light deprivation

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  1. NIH [P30 EY007551]

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This study aimed to determine the effects of monocular light deprivation on diurnal rhythms in retinal and choroidal thickness. The results showed that the diurnal variation in retinal thickness is influenced by light exposure, while the diurnal variation in choroidal thickness is not affected by short-term light deprivation.
PURPOSE. To determine the effects of monocular light deprivation on diurnal rhythms in retinal and choroidal thickness. METHODS. Twenty participants, ages 22 to 45 years, underwent spectral domain optical coherence tomography imaging every three hours, from 8 AM to 8 PM, on two consecutive days. Participants wore an eye patch over the left eye starting at bedtime of day 1 until the end of the last measurement on day 2. Choroidal, total retinal, photoreceptor outer segment + retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and photoreceptor inner segment thicknesses were determined. RESULTS. For both eyes, significant diurnal variations were observed in choroidal, total retinal, outer segment + RPE, and inner segment thickness (P < 0.001). For light-deprived eyes, choroid diurnal variation persisted, although the choroid was significantly thinner at 8 AM and 11 AM (P < 0.01) on day 2 compared to day 1. On the other hand, diurnal variations in retinal thickness were eliminated in the light-deprived eye on day 2 when the eye was patched (P > 0.05). Total retinal and inner segment thicknesses significantly decreased (P < 0.001) and outer segment + RPE thickness significantly increased (P < 0.05) on day 2 compared to day 1. CONCLUSIONS. Blocking light exposure in one eye abolished the rhythms in retinal thick-ness, but not in choroidal thickness, of the deprived eye. Findings suggest that the rhythms in retinal thickness are, at least in part, driven by light exposure, whereas the rhythm in choroidal thickness is not impacted by short-term light deprivation.

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