[Distribution of retinal sensitivity with blue on yellow perimetry in ocular hypertension]

Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi. 1998 Feb;102(2):111-6.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We evaluated the visual field pattern with Blue-on-Yellow perimetry in 22 eyes of 22 persons with ocular hypertension. Another series of 20 normal eyes served as controls. All the subjects underwent central field perimetry with a Humphrey automated perimeter (Model 640) using White-on-White targets. Blue-on-Yellow perimetry was performed within one week later. Both groups showed no difference in White-on-White perimetry, but the ocular hypertensive group showed a diffuse reduction in central sensitivity to Blue-on-Yellow perimetry by an average of 2.5 dB compared with the controls. These findings show the possibility that ocular hypertension causes fragility of the blue-yellow transmission system including the blue cones.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Ocular Hypertension / physiopathology*
  • Retina / physiopathology*
  • Visual Field Tests / instrumentation*
  • Visual Fields*