Characterization of functional and structural deficits in a canine model of compressive optic neuropathy using optical coherence tomography and pattern electroretinography

Abstract

This thesis is organized into three major chapters: Chapter One, Chapter Two and Chapter Three. Chapter One contains an introduction, and a literature review of a compressive optic neuropathy (CON), with a focus on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and pattern evoked electroretinogram (pERG) as diagnostic tools for CON. The second chapter contains my research, presented in the form of a manuscript which is submitted to the journal Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. Chapter three contains a general discussion of my results, general conclusions, and proposed future work. The thesis is concluded with a list of references followed by acknowledgments.