title: Laser-induced chronic ocular hypertension model on SD rats.
abstract: Glaucoma is one of the major causes of blindness in the world. Elevated intraocular pressure is a major risk factor. Laser photocoagulation induced ocular hypertension is one of the well established animal models. This video demonstrates how to induce ocular hypertension by Argon laser photocoagulation in rat.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Anatomy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Kin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Kwok-Fai
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: So
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D054020:Lasers, Gas; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley