title: [Distribution of retinal sensitivity with blue on yellow perimetry in ocular hypertension].
abstract: We evaluated the visual field pattern with Blue-on-Yellow perimetry in 22 eyes of 22 persons with ocular hypertension. Another series of 20 normal eyes served as controls. All the subjects underwent central field perimetry with a Humphrey automated perimeter (Model 640) using White-on-White targets. Blue-on-Yellow perimetry was performed within one week later. Both groups showed no difference in White-on-White perimetry, but the ocular hypertensive group showed a diffuse reduction in central sensitivity to Blue-on-Yellow perimetry by an average of 2.5 dB compared with the controls. These findings show the possibility that ocular hypertension causes fragility of the blue-yellow transmission system including the blue cones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Opthalmology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Hyougo-ken, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012160:Retina / Q000503:physiopathology*; D058609:Visual Field Tests / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014794:Visual Fields