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Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness; We need glaucoma animal model to study the pathogen, pathology, prevention, diagnosis and therapy. Recently many rat glaucoma models have been developed and characterized. Because of its small size, the rat eye presents a technical challenge to assess intraocular pressure accurately. In this article, the principles and characteristics of the measurements are discussed. LA: Chinese
Dr. H.-P. Yuan, Department of Ophthalmology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, China. yuanhp@yahoo.com
5.1 Rodent (Part of: 5 Experimental glaucoma; animal models)
6.1.1 Devices, techniques (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.1 Intraocular pressure measurement; factors affecting IOP)