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Intermittent Episodes of Bright Light Suppress Myopia in the Chicken More than Continuous Bright Lig...

Intermittent Episodes of Bright Light Suppress Myopia in the Chicken More than Continuous Bright Lig...

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Intermittent Episodes of Bright Light Suppress Myopia in the Chicken More than Continuous Bright Light

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Intermittent Episodes of Bright Light Suppress Myopia in the Chicken More than Continuous Bright Light

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United States: Public Library of Science

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PloS one, 2014-10, Vol.9 (10), p.e110906-e110906

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Bright light has been shown a powerful inhibitor of myopia development in animal models. We studied which temporal patterns of bright light are the most potent in suppressing deprivation myopia in chickens.
Eight-day-old chickens wore diffusers over one eye to induce deprivation myopia. A reference group (n = 8) was kept under office-like illumi...

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Intermittent Episodes of Bright Light Suppress Myopia in the Chicken More than Continuous Bright Light

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1619083884

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1619083884

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1932-6203

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1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0110906

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