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Visual Function Assessment Core

Attention Vision Researchers

Augusta University's James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute has been awarded a National Eye Institute (NEI) P30 Center Core Grant for Vision Research to enhance the ability of our scientists to conduct cutting-edge clinically-relevant vision research related to sight-threatening disorders since 2020. The Visual Function Assessment Core is Module 1 of the P30 grant, which offers technical expertise, training, and instrumentation for in vivo visual function assessment in animal models including rodents. Please call or visit to arrange for training to learn how to use and access this equipment.

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Visual Function Assessment Core

 Health Sciences Campus

Carl T. Sanders R & E Building

1462 Laney Walker Blvd., Augusta, GA 30912

Room CB 2908

706-721-3449

Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Equipment

We offer the technological assistance and training for eye researchers to use different types of equipment to assess rodent vision in vivo.

ERG

 

Celeris ERG

Celeris ERG testing system assesses:

  • Rod and Cone photoreceptor responses
  • RGC function via pattern ERG (PERG)
  • C-wave (RPE function)
  • VEP signal between retina and brain

Optomotor Response (OMR)

Optomotor response (OMR)

Cerebral Mechanics OptoMotry HD is a virtual reality system for rapid quantification of visuomotor behavior in rats and mice to determine visual acuity and contrast sensitivity.

Slit Lamp Microscope

Slit lamp microscope

Enables examination of eye structures including cornea, iris, lens, vitreous, and retina.

 

 SD-OCT

SD-OCT

Retina structure with full-volume detail. Anterior segment including cornea with high-resolution images. Reproducible longitudinal studies of mice and rats.

 

FA & Fundoscopy

Optomotor response (OMR)

Phoenix Micron IV high-resolution retinal imaging microscope with laser system to perform:

  • Fluorescein angiography (FA)
  • Fundus photography
  • Model of Laser-induced choroidal neovascularization (CNV)

Intraocular Pressure (IOP)

Intraocular pressure

 

iCare TONOLAB rebound tonometer for measurement of IOP in rats and mice

High-resolution images of the Cornea & external ocular structures

High-resolution images of the Cornea and external ocular structures

HRT3 RCM In vivo corneal confocal microscope for collecting unique en face images of corneal cells and structures from epithelium to endothelium and visualizing corneal subbasal nerve plexus

 

Contacts

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Yutao Liu, MD, PhD

  • P30 Director

706-721-2015

yutliu@augusta.edu

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Jing Wang, PhD

  • Director, Vision Core

706-721-7286

jwang1@augusta.edu

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Barbara Mysona, PhD

  • Manager, Vision Core

706-721-3449

bmysona@augusta.edu

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John Carpenter

  • Research Assistant

706-721-3449

johcarpenter@augusta.edu

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Heide Andrews

  • Administrative Assistant

706-721-3731

handrews@augusta.edu

 

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