caa a22 4500 465777902 CHVBK 20180323111947.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00920055 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00920055 Dark adaptation in glaucomatous and nonglaucomatous optic nerve atrophy [Elektronische Daten] [Jost Jonas, Frank-Michael Zäch, Gottfried Naumann] Optic nerve damage is associated with impairment of psychophysical functions. We measured dark adaptation in 21 eyes of 14 normal subjects, 35 eyes of 19 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma, and 7 eyes of 4 patients with nonglaucomatous descending optic nerve atrophy. In the normal subjects light thresholds and time of the shoulder in the dark adaptation curve increased significantly with age. In eyes with glaucomatous or nonglaucomatous optic nerve damage light sensitivity was lower than in normal eyes of age-matched control groups. Rod light sensitivity was significantly (P < 0.05) correlated with neuroretinal rim loss, parapapillary chorioretinal atrophy, and relative afferent pupillary defects. We conclude that velocity and degree of dark adaptation decrease with increasing age. Patients with glaucomatous and nonglaucomatous optic nerve atrophy show decreased light sensitivity especially in the rod part of dark adaptation worsening with advancing optic nerve damage. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Jonas Jost Augenklinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 5, D-8520, Erlangen, Germany aut Zäch Frank-Michael Augenklinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 5, D-8520, Erlangen, Germany aut Naumann Gottfried Augenklinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 5, D-8520, Erlangen, Germany aut Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Springer-Verlag 228/4(1990-07-01), 321-325 0721-832X 228:4<321 1990 228 417 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00920055 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00920055 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jonas Jost Augenklinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 5, D-8520, Erlangen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zäch Frank-Michael Augenklinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 5, D-8520, Erlangen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Naumann Gottfried Augenklinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 5, D-8520, Erlangen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Springer-Verlag 228/4(1990-07-01), 321-325 0721-832X 228:4<321 1990 228 417 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer