Publications

  1. Matlach, J., Mullholland, P.J., Cilkova, M., Chopra, R., Shah, N., Redmond, T., Dakin, S.C., Garway-Heath, D.F. and Anderson, R.S.   (2017) Relationship between psychophysical measures of retinal ganglion cell density and in vivo measures of cone density in glaucoma. Ophthalmology, 124, 310-19.
  2. Kim, Y., Griffin, J. M., Mat Nor, M. N., Zhang, J., Freestone, P. S., Danesh-Meyer, H. V., Rupenthal ID, Acosta M, Nicholson LFB, O’Carroll SJ, Green CR (2017). Tonabersat prevents inflammatory damage in the central nervous system by blocking connexin43 hemichannels. Neurotherapeutics, 14(4), 1148-1165.
  3. Zhang, J., Cole, R. N., Lin, P., Acosta, M. L., Green, C. R., & Danesh-Meyer, H. V. (2017). Transiently raised IOP equivalent to that experienced during ocular surgery causes moderate inflammation but does not affect retinal function or result in retinal ganglion cell loss in an animal model. Journal of Ophthalmic Science, 1(3), 36-50.
  4. Chang L Y-L, Black J, Acosta ML. Choroidal thinning and ocular electrophysiology findings in a case of vascular cognitive impairment after stroke. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. July 2018 ACCEPTED
  5. Mat Nor, MN, Guo C, Chen E, Green C, Rupenthal I, Acosta ML. Sustained connexin43 mimetic peptide release from loaded nanoparticles reduces retinal and choroidal photo-damage. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018;59:XXX–XXX. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.17-22829.
  6. Mugisho OO, Green CR, Zhang J, Binz N, Acosta ML, Rakoczy E, Rupenthal ID. Immunohistochemical Characterization of Connexin43 Expression in a Mouse Model of Diabetic Retinopathy and in Human Donor Retinas. Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Nov 29;18(12). pii: E2567. doi: 10.3390/ijms18122567.
  7. Mugisho OO, Green CR, Kho DT, Zhang J, Graham ES, Acosta ML, RupenthalL ID. The inflammasome pathway is amplified and perpetuated in an autocrine manner through connexin43 hemichannel mediated ATP release. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2017 Nov 21;1862(3):385-393. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.11.015.
  8. Nivison-Smith L, Khoo P, Acosta ML, Kalloniatis M. Vinpocetine protects inner retinal neurons with functional NMDA glutamate receptors against retinal ischemia. Exp Eye Res. 2017 nov 4;167:1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2017.10.008.
  9. Donaldson PJ, Grey AC, Heilman BM, Lim JC, Vaghefi E. The physiological optics of the lens. Progress in retinal and eye research. 2017 Jan 1;56:e1-24.
  10. Misra SL, Kersten HM, Roxburgh RH, Danesh-Meyer HV, McGhee CN. Corneal nerve microstructure in Parkinson’s disease. J Clin Neurosci 2017;03:03.
  11. Shah, , Dakin, S.C., Dobinson, S., Tufail, A., Egan, C.A. and Anderson, R.S., (2016) Visual acuity loss in patients with age-related macular degeneration, measured using a novel high-pass letter chart, British Journal of Ophthalmology 100, 1346–1352
  12. Guo, C. X., Mat Nor, M. N., Danesh-Meyer, H. V., Vessey, K. A., Fletcher, E. L., O’Carroll SJ, Acosta M, Green, C. R. (2016). Connexin43 mimetic peptide improves retinal function and reduces inflammation in a light-damaged albino rat model. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 57(10), 3961-3973
  13. de Souza, C. F., Nivison-Smith, L., Christie, D. L., Polkinghorne, P., McGhee, C., Kalloniatis, M., & Acosta, M. L. (2016). Macromolecular Markers in Normal Human Retina and Applications to Human Retinal Disease. Experimental Eye Research, 150, 135-148.
  14. Kersten HM, Danesh-Meyer HV, Roxburgh RH. Ophthalmic findings in myotonic dystrophy type 2: a case series. Journal of Neurology 2016;263:2552-2554.
  15. Wu HT, Donaldson PJ, Vaghefi E. Review of the experimental background and implementation of computational models of the ocular lens microcirculation. IEEE reviews in biomedical engineering. 2016;9:163-76.
  16. Wiecek, E., Lashkari, K., Dakin, S.C. & Bex, P.J. (2015) Prevalence, patterns and repeatability of metamorphopsia in macular disease: A statistical analysis of 7,106 Amsler Grids, Ophthalmology 122(2): 431–433.
  17. Kersten HM, Danesh-Meyer HV, Kilfoyle DH, Roxburgh RH. Optical coherence tomography findings in Huntington’s disease: a potential biomarker of disease progression. Journal of Neurology 2015;262:2457-2465.
  18. Kersten HM, Roxburgh RH, Danesh-Meyer HV. Ophthalmic manifestations of inherited neurodegenerative disorders. Nature Reviews Neurology 2014;10:349-362.
  19. Kersten HM, Roxburgh RH, Child N, Polkinghorne PJ, Frampton C, Danesh-Meyer HV. Epiretinal membrane: a treatable cause of visual disability in myotonic dystrophy type 1. Journal of Neurology 2014;261:37-44.
  20. Vaghefi E, Liu N, Donaldson PJ. A computer model of lens structure and function predicts experimental changes to steady state properties and circulating currents. Biomedical engineering online. 2013 Dec;12(1):85.
  21. Vaghefi E, Malcolm DT, Jacobs MD, Donaldson PJ. Development of a 3D finite element model of lens microcirculation. Biomedical engineering online. 2012 Dec;11(1):69.

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