Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf

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Neuroscience

Using Optical Coherence Tomography and Optokinetic Response As Structural and Functional Visual System Readouts in Mice and Rats

Michael Dietrich¹, Christina Hecker¹, Alexander Hilla², Andrés Cruz-Herranz³, Hans-Peter Hartung¹, Dietmar Fischer², Ari Green³, Philipp Albrecht¹

¹Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, ²Department of Cell Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, ³Division of Neuroinflammation and Glial Biology, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco

A detailed protocol for the assessment of structural and visual readouts in rodents by optical coherence tomography and optokinetic response is presented. The results provide valuable insights for ophthalmologic as well as neurologic research.