title: The effects of acetazolamide in albino rabbits, pigmented rabbits, and humans.
abstract: In three separate experiments albino rabbits, pigmented rabbits, and humans were tested following administration of acetazolamide and without acetazolamide. In all three experiments, we recorded electroretinograms (ERGs) under dark adapted and light adapted conditions and measured the b-wave amplitudes. Dark adapted ERG b-wave amplitudes were increased following administration of acetazolamide as compared to control conditions, in albino rabbits, pigmented rabbits and humans. Light adapted b-wave amplitudes showed no statistically significant changes as a function of acetazolamide administration although in all three experiments there was a trend toward light adapted b-wave amplitude reduction following administration of acetazolamide. In the human experiments, ERG a-wave amplitudes were also measured. Light adapted a-wave amplitudes were reduced following administration of acetazolamide. In the human experiments, several behavioral tests were performed, including L'Anthony desaturated D-15, Farnsworth-Munsell 100 hue, Cogan-Gunkel chromatograph, Nagel anomaloscope, Goldmann-Weekers dark adaptometry. There were no consistent changes in the human dark adaptation thresholds or color discrimination, although several measures approached significance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Morgantown 26506.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Odom
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Nork
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cavender
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van Slycken
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leys
mesh_terms: D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000221:Adaptation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003118:Color Perception / Q000187:drug effects*; D004596:Electroretinography / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010783:Photometry; D011817:Rabbits; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000086:Acetazolamide