May 2006
Volume 47, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2006
Correlation of Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential (MVEP) With OCT Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) in Glaucoma
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • J.D. Sinclair
    VAMC and Univ, Iowa, IA
    Neuro–Ophthal, Opthalmology,
  • S.D. Anderson
    VAMC and Univ, Iowa, IA
    Neuro–Ophthal, Opthalmology,
  • C. Younger
    Opthalmology, University of Iowa, Iowa, IA
  • C.K. Doyle
    VAMC and Univ, Iowa, IA
    Opthalmology, Neuro–Ophthal,
  • K.R. Woodward
    VAMC and Univ, Iowa, IA
    Opthalmology, Neuro–Ophthal,
  • M. Wall
    Neuro–Ophthal, Opthalmology,
    Univ and VAMC, Iowa, IA
  • R.H. Kardon
    Opthalmology, Neuro–Ophthal,
    Univ and VAMC, Iowa, IA
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  J.D. Sinclair, None; S.D. Anderson, None; C. Younger, None; C.K. Doyle, None; K.R. Woodward, None; M. Wall, None; R.H. Kardon, None.
  • Footnotes
    Support  VA Merit Grant
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2006, Vol.47, 4014. doi:
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      J.D. Sinclair, S.D. Anderson, C. Younger, C.K. Doyle, K.R. Woodward, M. Wall, R.H. Kardon; Correlation of Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential (MVEP) With OCT Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) in Glaucoma . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2006;47(13):4014.

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Abstract
 
Purpose:
 

To determine if suprathreshold measures of optic nerve function (measured by MVEP) correlate better with axon number (measured by retinal nerve fiber layer thickness) compared to threshold measures of visual function.

 
Methods:
 

11 glaucoma eyes (POAG n=7, NTG n=3, juvenile OAG n=1) were tested 5 times within a 5 week period by MVEP (Accumap), threshold perimetry (HVF SITA standard 24–2), and optical coherence tomography (OCT) in one eye.

 
Results:
 

The most significant correlation was found between the average retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and the MVEP severity index (correlation R=0.832, p=0.001) compared to threshold perimetry, whether one session was analyzed or the average of 5 sessions was used.

 
Conclusions:
 

A suprathreshold measure of optic nerve function (MVEP) showed a highly significant correlation with measures of retinal ganglion cell axon number in a relatively small group of glaucoma eyes and this correlation was greater compared to threshold measures of optic nerve function.  

 
Keywords: electrophysiology: clinical • visual fields • nerve fiber layer 
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