Binocular luminance summation (BLS) in esotropic and exotropic kittens.

Min,  Byung Moo; Oh,  Myung Ju; Lee,  Kyung Moo

doi:1988.2.2.62

Korean J Ophthalmol > Volume 2(2); 1988 > Article

Original Article

Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 1988;2(2):62-65.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.1988.2.2.62 Published online December 30, 1988.

Binocular luminance summation (BLS) in esotropic and exotropic kittens.

Byung Moo Min, Myung Ju Oh, Kyung Moo Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.

Abstract

Normal kittens showed a gradual increase from 17.6% to 25.5% of BLS with aging from the fifth week to the ninth. Young kittens showed significantly less BLS than do adult ones (p < 0.1), There was significant difference of BLS between exotropic and normal kittens or alternating and non-alternating strabismic ones. However, there was a significant diftrence between esotropic and normal ones (p < 0.1). These results suggested that the BLS can be used as a index for the extent of total field from both eyes.

Key Words: binocular luminance summation (BLS);esotropia;exotropia;alternating;nonalternating;total field