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SUBMITTER: Tabernero J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4858807 | biostudies-other | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Tabernero Juan J Chirre Emmanuel E Hervella Lucia L Prieto Pedro P Artal Pablo P
Scientific reports 20160506
Presbyopia, the loss of the eye's accommodation capability, affects all humans aged above 45-50 years old. The two main reasons for this to happen are a hardening of the crystalline lens and a reduction of the ciliary muscle functionality with age. While there seems to be at least some partial accommodating functionality of the ciliary muscle at early presbyopic ages, it is not yet clear whether the muscle is still active at more advanced ages. Previous techniques used to visualize the accommoda ...[more]