Search Results - "Birch, D.G"

Pupil size following dark adaptation in patients with retinitis pigmentosa by Berezovsky, A, Salomão, S R, Birch, D G

“…According to the equivalent light hypothesis, molecular defects in the photoreceptor lead to a continuous activation of the photoreceptor cascade in a manner…”
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Visual maturation of term infants fed long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid-supplemented or control formula for 12 mo by Birch, E.E, Castaneda, Y.S, Wheaton, D.H, Birch, D.G, Uauy, R.D, Hoffman, D.R

“…Background: Several studies found a benefit of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCP) supplementation for visual or mental development, but others found…”
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Safety and efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids in the nutrition of very low birth weight infants: Soy oil and marine oil supplementation of formula by Uauy, Ricardo, Hoffman, Dennis R., Birch, Eileen E., Birch, David G., Jameson, David M., Tyson, Jon

“…Because formula-fed preterm in fants may be at risk of ω3 essential fatty acid deficiency, we tested experimental formulas supplemented with soy oil to provide…”
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Fatty acid profile of buccal cheek cell phospholipids as an index for dietary intake of docosahexaenoic acid in preterm infants by Hoffman, D.R, Birch, E.E, Birch, D.G, Uauy, R

“…Cheek cells (buccal epithelia) were utilized as a noninvasive index of fatty acid status in a study of the effects of n−3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid…”
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Rod photoresponses in 6-week and 4-month-old human infants by Nusinowitz, S., Birch, D.G., Birch, E.E.

“…Rod-only electroretinograms (ERGS) were recorded from 6-week and 4-month-old normal human infants. The leading edge of the rod a-wave was fitted with a model…”
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Mutations in a new photoreceptor-pineal gene on 17p cause Leber congenital amaurosis. Nat Gen 2000;24:79–83 by Sohoki, M.M, Browne, S.J, Sullivan, L.S, Blackshaw, S, Cepko, C.L, Payne, A.M, Bhattacharya, S.S, Khaliq, S, Mehdi, S.Q, Birch, D.G, Harrison, W.R, Elder, F.F.B, Heckenlively, J.R, Daiger, S.P

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Ammonium assimilation requires mitochondrial respiration in the light. A study with the green alga Selenastrum minutum by Weger, H.G, Birch, D.G, Elrifi, I.R, Turpin, D.H

“…Mass spectrometric analysis of O2 and CO2 exchange in the green alga Selenastrum minutum (Naeg. Collins) provides evidence for the occurrence of mitochondrial…”
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Simultaneous transport of CO2 and HCO3- by the cyanobacterium Synechococcus UTEX 625 by Espie, G.S, Miller, A.G, Birch, D.G, Canvin, D.T

“…A mass spectrometer was used to simultaneously follow the time course of photosynthetic O2 evolution and CO2 depletion of the medium by cells of the…”
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Cataract extraction after brachytherapy for malignant melanoma of the choroid by Fish, G E, Jost, B F, Snyder, W I, Fuller, D G, Birch, D G

“…Thirteen eyes of 55 consecutive patients treated with brachytherapy for malignant melanoma of the choroid developed postirradiation cataracts. Cataract…”
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Paired-flash electroretinography: a new tool to examine rod function in patients with Stargardt disease by Derwent, J.J.K., Grover, S., Hetling, J.R., Birch, D.G., Stone, E.M., Fishman, G.A., Pepperberg, D.R.

“…Previous studies have suggested that Stargardt patients display abnormally slow rod dark adaptation after adapting light that bleaches a substantial fraction…”
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Nitrate and ammonium induced photosynthetic suppression in N-limited Selenastrum minutum. II. Effects of NO3- and NH4+ addition on CO2 efflux in the light by Birch, D.G, Elrifi, I.R, Turpin, D.H

“…The effects of nitrate and ammonium addition on net and gross photosynthesis, CO2 efflux and the dissolved inorganic carbon compensation point of…”
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Adaptation to polarized light in humans by Stromeyer, 3rd, C F, Mulligan, J B, Birch, D G, Dawson, B M

“…Recent investigators reported large adaptational effects in human vision dependent on the plane of linearly polarized light. In the present study, such…”
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Computational models of rod-driven retinal activity by Hood, D.C., Birch, D.G.

“…The response of the human rod can be studied by fitting the a-wave of the ERG with a mathematical model. The parameters of this model can be related to…”
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