XLVI ISCEV Symposium

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Thursday, July 10, 2008
7:30AM-
5:30PM		 Registration Foyer A, B, C
12:00PM Board Meeting with Lunch Puskar Boardroom
5:00PM-
7:00PM		 Clinical Cases Session Salon A, B, C, D
7:30PM Reception Foyer F, G, H
Friday, July 11, 2008
7:00AM-
8:30AM		 ISCEV Approved Protocols Committee - Zrenner Unidentified Breakfast Location
7:30AM-
5:30PM		 Registration Foyer A, B, C
8:30 AM Opening - Welcome by Organizers; Welcome by Judie Charlton, Chair of Ophthalmology; Opening by Dr. Bach; Introduction by Dr. Odom of Dr. Puce Salon A, B, C, D
8:45 AM Invited lecture: 'higher order vision' - Ina Puce Salon A, B, C, D
9:15AM - 10:00AM Oral Presentation 1: Correlation of Cortical Structure and Function Chairs: J. Vernon Odom & Michael Bach Salon A, B, C, D
9:15 AM -
9:30AM 		MULTI-HARMONIC OBJECTIVE RESPONSE DETECTION IN STEADY-STATE EVOKED POTENTIALS USING PERMUTATION TECHNIQUES Sven P. Heinrich & Michael Bach Univ.-Augenklinik Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
9:30 AM -
9:45 AM		 ATTENTIONAL SHIFTS HAVE LITTLE AFFECT ON THE WAVEFORM OF THE CHROMATIC ONSET VEP Michael A. Crognale, Jennifer Highsmith University of Nevada Reno, Reno NV, USA
9:45 AM -
10:00 AM		 ASYMMETRICAL OCULAR HYPOPIGMENTATION WITH INTER-OCULAR DIFFERENCES IN THE INTER-HEMISPHERIC SYMMETRY OF THE VEP. 1,2Magella M. Neveu, 3Maria Bitner-Glindzicz, 1John J. Sloper, 1,2,3Anthony T. Moore, 2Glen Jeffery, 1,2Graham E. Holder. 1Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK, 2Institute of Ophthalmology, UK, 3Institute of Child Health, UK.
10:00 AM Break Foyer H
10:30 AM Oral Presentation 2: Insight into Retinal Function - Animal Models Chairs: Laura Frishman & Pierre Lachapelle Salon A, B, C, D
10:30 AM TRANSGENIC RABBIT MODEL OF RETINAL DEGENERATION. Mineo Kondo 1, Takao Sakai 1, Keiichi Komeima 1, Yukihide Kurimoto 1, Yuji Nishizawa 2, Jiro Usukura 3, Takashi Fujikado 4, Yasuo Tano 4, Hiroko Terasaki 1 1. Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan 2. Anatomy and Cell Biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan 3. Materials Physics and Engineering, Nagoya University Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya, Japan 4. Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
10:45 AM VITAMIN A-DEPENDENT SHIFT OF PHOTORECEPTOR SENSITIVITY IN THE ERG OF RPE65 MOUSE MUTANTS. Naoyuki Tanimoto 1, Marijana Samardzija 2, Johannes von Lintig 3, Vitus Oberhauser 3, Markus Thiersch 2, Charlotte E. Reme 2, T. Michael Redmond 4, Christian Grimm 2, Andreas Wenzel1 2, Mathias Seeliger 1 1. Ocular Neurodegeneration Research Group, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany 2. Laboratory for Retinal Cell Biology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 3. Institute of Biology I, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany 4. Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
11:00 AM COMPROMISED CONE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS IN MDX3CV MICE, A MODEL FOR DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY Bo Lei 1,2, Keqing Zhang 1, Yongping Yue 3 and Dongsheng Duan 3. 1. Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States 2. Ophthalmology, Mason Eye Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States 3. Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States.
11:15 AM RETINAL PATHWAY ORIGINS OF THE PATTERN ERG (PERG) Xunda Luo, Gen Miura, Minhua Wang, and Laura J. Frishman College of Optometry, University of Houston, TX, USA
11:30 AM PHOTORECEPTOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FULL FIELD PHOTOPIC FLICKER ELECTRORETINOGRAM OF THE RAT Suresh Viswanathan, Christina Gant School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
11:45 AM UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGINS OF THE MOUSE DC-ELECTRORETINOGRAM Neal S. Peachey 1,2,3 1. Research Service, Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 2. Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 3. Department of Ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
12:00 PM Lunch Salon E, F, H
1:00 PM Poster A: Pediatrics / ERG & VEP Methods Chairs: Fulton Meigen Salon A, B, C, D

THE RED ELECTRORETINOGRAM RESPONSE, AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH AGE, GENDER, BODY MASS INDEX, AND AXIAL LENGTH, IN NORMAL CHINESE EYES Wai Ying Winnie LAU 1, Chak Ming Albert WONG 2, Edwin CHAN 3, Wai Nang Clement CHAN 3 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong 2. Department of Ophthalmology, Caritas Medical Centre, Hong Kong 3 Department of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong

Early diagnosis of organic Amblyopia in children using Electroretinography M.S. Midehghan, S.M. Shushtarian, M. Mirdehghan Tehran Medical Branch, Islamic Azad University Tehran-Iran

RECORDING OF ELECTRORETINOGRAM & VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL UNDER ANAESTHESIA Mohammad Mehdi Shushtarian 1, Seyed Mohammad Masoud Shushtarian 2, Soheil Feizi 3, Tahereh Parsa 3, Alireza Khodyani 2 1. Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran 2. Tehran Medical Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 3. Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran

30 HZ AND MIXED RESPONSE ELECTRORETINOGRAM DONE DURING ANAESTHESIA AS PREDICTORS OF VISUAL OUTCOME IN CHILDREN AFFECTED BY VARIOUS EYE DISEASES:10 YEARS SURVEY Giulio Ruberto1, Rosanna Guagliano1, Donatella Barillà 1, Mauro Antonimi 2, Sara Pezzotta 1, Sabrina Signorini 2, Elisa Fazzi 2, Raffaella Angeli 1, Carmine Tinelli 3 Paolo Emilio Bianchi 1 1 Eye Clinic IRCCS San Matteo Hospital, Pavia, Italy 2 Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry- Regional Centre of Child Neurophthalmology, IRCCS C. Mondino Institute of Neurology, Pavia, 3 Biometrics Service, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital, Pavia

COMPARISON OF ELECTRORETINOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS IN NORMAL CHILDREN & ADULT POPULATION. H. Hassani 1, S.M. Shushtarian 2 1.Islamic Azad university,Tehran,Iran 2.Tehran medical Branch,Tehran,Iran

CHROMATIC VEP IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE – A LONGITUDINAL STUDY Manca Tekavcic Pompe, Branka Stirn Kranjc, Jelka Brecelj Eye Clinic, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia

NEONATAL FLASH VEPs: EFFECT OF EXPOSURE TO METHADONE IN UTERO Ruth Hamilton (1), Laura McGlone (2), Helen Mactier (2), Michael Bradnam (1), Richard Boulton (3), William Borland (4), Mary Hepburn (2), Daphne McCulloch (5) 1. Department of Clinical Physics, Royal Hospital for Sick Children and University of Glasgow, Glasgow 2. Neonatal Unit, Princess Royal Maternity, Glasgow 3. Department of Clinical Physics, Princess Royal Maternity and University of Glasgow, Glasgow 4. Department of Biochemistry, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow 5. Vision Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University

Sancho-Tello M 1, Muriach M 2, Barcia J 2, Bosch-Morell F 2, Genovés JM 2, Johnsen-Soriano S 1, Romero B 2, Almansa I 2, Díaz-Llopis M 3, García-Delpech S 3, Romá J 4, Vilela C* 1,5, Romero FJ 1,2. 1. Fundación Oftalmológica del Mediterráneo, Valencia, Spain 2. Instituto sobre Drogas y Conductas Adictivas, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain 3. Dept. Cirurgia and 4. Dept. Fisiologia, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain 5. Dept. Neurofisiología Clínica, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain

PHOTOPIC ON- AND OFF- RESPONSES IN NORMAL KOREAN SUBJECTS Soo Young Lee 1, Su Eun Park 2, Young-Hoon Ohn 2 1 Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Bucheon, Korea

CHANGES OF RETINAL ADAPTATION IN MYOPIC EYE Wing-cheung Ho, Yiu-fai Ng, Patrick Ho-wai Chu, Ying-ying Fong, Kwun-sum Yip, Henry Ho-lung Chan Laboratory of Experimental Optometry (Neuroscience), School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.

WOULD INCREASING FLASH INTENSITY BE SUFFICIENT TO YIELD TO SIMILAR ERG AMPLITUDES IN THE NON-DILATED EYE COMPARED TO THE DILATED EYE? Marc Hébert, Marie-Pier Lavoie, Marie-Claude Charron, Alexandre Sasseville, Anne-Marie Gagné Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Effect of docosahexaenoic acid supplementation on retinal function in ELOVL4 mice SC Mema, S. Kuny, F. Gaillard, K. Zhang, I.M. MacDonald, M.T. Clandinin, Y. Sauvé

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL TESTING – OUR EARLY EXPERIENCE Irene Sophia J, Anupama Rao, B.S.Chidamber 1. Welcare Eye Center, Welcare World Health Systems, Dubai, UAE.

INTRA-SESSIONAL AND INTER-SESSIONAL VARIABILITY OF MULTIFOCAL ELECTRORETINOGRAM Uzeyir Erdem, Fatih Cakir Gundogan, Gungor Sobaci, Mehmet Zeki Bayraktar Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey

ESTABLISHMENT OF NORMAL RANGES FOR THE ISCEV STANDARD VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL Enid Chelva 1, Doug Candy 1, John De Roach 1, Terri McLaren 1, Maribel Nosce 2, Roger Price 1 1. Medical Technology and Physics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia 2. Department of Ophthalmology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia

STEADY STATE PATTERN VEPS: ONSET-OFFSET CHECKS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN PATTERN REVERSAL FOR FREQUENCY DOMAIN DETECTION Michelle A McIntosh1, Elena Prokofyeva2, Richard G Boulton3, Daphne L McCulloch1 1. Vision Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK 2. Institute of Psychology and Psychoneurology, Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, Russia 3. Department of Clinical Physics and Bioengineering, Princess Royal Maternity & University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

STROBOSCOPIC AND SQUARE WAVE FLICKER VEPS FOR VISUAL PATHWAYS ASSESSMENT. Elena Prokofyeva 1, Michelle McIntosh 2, Richard G Boulton 3, Daphne L McCulloch 2 1. Institute of psychology and psychoneurology, Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, Russia 2. Vision Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK 3. Department of Clinical Physics and Bioengineering, Princess Royal Maternity & University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

EFFECTS OF ANISOMETROPIA ON BINOCULAR INTEGRATION IN NORMAL OBSERVERS L. Lefebvre, 1,2, D. Saint-Amour, 1,2,3 1Centre de recherche, CHU Sainte-Justine 2 Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Département de psychologie de l’Université de Montréal 3 Département d’ophtalmologie de l’Université de Montréal

A COMPARISON OF VISUAL ACUITY ESTIMATES FROM VISUAL EVOKED CORTICAL POTENTIALS, FRACT AND ETDRS A. Kurtenbach1, H. Langrová2, A. Messias1, E. Zrenner1, H. Jägle1 1Centre for Ophthalmology, Tübingen, Germany 2Institute of Ophthalmology, Hradec Králové, Tzech Republic

VEP ASYMMETRY VERSUS CHIASM COEFFICIENT IN CHILDREN WITH MRI CONFIRMED ACHIASMIA Jelka Brecelj 1, Maja Šuštar 1, Branka Stirn-Kranjc 1, Nuška Pečarič-Meglič 2, Miha Škrbec 2 1. Eye Clinic and 2. Clinical Institute for Radiology, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia

COLOR AND ORIENTATION PROCESSING IN MACAQUE AREA V2: DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS DEFINED BY SINGLE UNIT ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND OPTICAL IMAGING. Benjamin M Ramsden and Clinton G Cooper, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Sensory Neuroscience Research Center, PO Box 9128, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown WV USA 26506
3:00-5:00 PM ISCEV Olympics Ruby McQuain Park
5:30 PM Walking Dinner with ISCEV Band Waterfront Place Hotel Foyer/Patio
7:30 PM Buses Leave for West Side Story
8:00PM Westside Story OR WVU Creative Arts Center
9:00 PM Movie "Unaccompanied Minors" Ruby McQuain Riverfront Park
Saturday, July 12, 2008
7:30AM-5:30PM Registration Foyer A, B, C
7:00-8:30 Springer - Documenta Ophthalmologica - EBM
8:30 AM Invited Lecture: Rehabilitation in Visually Impaired Children: “Coming to Better Terms…with”. Frans CC Riemslag Bartiméus Institute for the Visually Impaired, Zeist, The Netherlands Salon A, B, C, D
9:00 AM Oral Presentation 3: Low Vision and Retinal Function Chairs: William Seiple and Sandeep Grover
9:00 AM TO ASSESS THE FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE OUTER RETINAL LAYERS AT THE PSEUDOFOVEA IN ECCENTRIC FIXATION Ajoy Vincent 1, Rohit Shetty1, Vasudha Naresh2, Bhanumathi M2, Bhujang Shetty1 1. Department of electrophysiology, Narayana Nethralaya, Super Specialty Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute, Rajaji Nagar 1st ‘R’ Block, Bangalore, India. 2. Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Narayana Nethralaya, Super Specialty Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute, Rajaji Nagar 1st ‘R’ Block, Bangalore, India.
9:15 AM MICRO-CURRENT NEUROMODULATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DRY AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION S. Natarajan, Mahesh Uparkar, Anjali Khulsange, Darshana Gadgil Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital Pvt Ltd., Wadala, Mumbai -31, India
9:30 AM DELAYED IMPLICIT TIME OF PATTERN VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS IN PATIENTS WITH OCCULT MACULAR DYSTROPHY Kazuha Ogata, Shuichi Yamamoto Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
9:45 AM A CAUSAL ROLE FOR THE RODS IN RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY James D. Akula 1,2, Ronald M. Hansen 1,2, Tara L. Favazza 1, Tanya C. Vyhovsky 1, Ilan Y. Benador 1, Julie A. Mocko 1, Anne B. Fulton 1,2 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Children’s Hospital Boston, MA 2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
10:00 AM Break Foyer F, G, H
10:30 AM Oral Presentation 4: Evaluation of Toxicity and Visual Function Chairs: Daphne McCulloch & Mineo Kondo Salon A, B, C, D
10:30 AM ERGS DURING EXAMINATION-UNDER-ANESTHESIA: RESPONSES OF NORMAL FELLOW EYES. Scott E. Brodie 1,2,3; Dawn Desiderio 1,2, David H. Abramson 1,2 1.Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA. 2. Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York, NY USA. 3.Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY USA.
10:45 AM Postnatal exposure to bright light stimulates retinal plasticity. P. Lachapelle , A. Polosa, E. Zimak, W. Liu, L. Robbe, S. Joly, S.G. Rosolen, S. Chemtob. Ophthalmology and Neurology-Neurosurgery, McGill University/Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, PQ, Canada.
11:00 AM LONG TRM METHAMPHETAMINE ABUSE INFLUENCES VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS Jan Kremlácek 1, Miroslav Kuba 1, Ladislav Hosák 2, Jan Libiger 2, Jiří Řížek 2 1. Department of Pathological Physiology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic 2. Department of Psychiatry, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
11:15 AM ERG EFFECTS OF CHRONIC (DAILY) SILDENAFIL OR TADALAFIL USAGE Michael F. Marmor, 1, Christopher Zoumalan, 1, Roham T. Zamanian, 2, Ramona L. Doyle, 2, William H. Cordell, 3. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. 2. Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. 3. Lilly Research Labs, Eli Lilly Co. Indianapolis, IN.
11:30 AM Is it possible to use the mf ERG to follow-up hydroxychloroquine therapy in elderly patients ? I. Ingster-Moati 1,2,3, E. Bui Quoc 2, C.Orssaud 2, D. Schmitt 2, Ph. Le Neindre 2, JL Dufier 2, O. Roche 2 1 Université Paris 7 Diderot, Paris, France 2 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Necker, Paris , France 3 Inserm U 669, Paris, France
11:45 AM USING MULTIFOCAL ERG RING RATIOS TO ESTABLISH OPTIMAL DOSAGE CRITERIA FOR HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE RETINAL TOXICITY Jonathan S. Lyons, M.D. and Matthew L Severns, PhD. Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center Program in Ophthalmology
12:00 PM Lunch Salon E, F, G, H
1:00 PM Oral Presentation 5: Optic Nerve and Glaucoma Chairs: Mitchell Brigell & Graham Holder Salon A, B, C, D
1:00 PM Visual Electrodiagnosis and visual outcome in optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) Daphne L McCulloch1, Pamela Garcia-Filion2, Cassandra Fink2, Caroline A Chaplin1, Mark S Borchert2 1. Vision Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK 2. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA.
1:15 PM The Optic Nerve Head Component of the Porcine Multifocal Electroretinogram Rita Buffa 1, Aphrodite Dracopoulos 1,2,3 Shelley Boyd 1 1. Visual Electrophysiology Unit, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON 2. Department of Respirology, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON 3. Institute of Medial Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
1:30 PM Decrease in sweep VEP acuity and contrast sensitivity in ocular hypertensive rabbits-induced by application of Carbopol K-M. Zhang, L. Ruiz, A. Vilupuru, B. Feldmann, W. Orilla, T. Lin, Y. Li, C. Spada, M. Escobar, C. Ghosn, J. Burke. Dept. of Biological Sciences, Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA
1:45 PM LONG-TERM STUDY OF MULTIFOCAL ELECTRORETINOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN EXPERIMENTAL GLAUCOMA IN MACAQUES T. Michael Nork, Charlene B. Y. Kim, Gregg A. Heatley, Paul L. Kaufman, Mark J. Lucarelli, Leonard A. Levin, James N. Ver Hoeve Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2:00 PM MULTIFOCAL-OPs OF A 2 GLOBAL FLASH STIMULUS IN POAG AND NTG Anja M. Palmowski-Wolfe, Margarita G. Todorova, Selim Orguel, Josel Flammer University of Basel, Eye Hospital, Mittlere Str.91, CH 4031 Basel, Switzerland
2:15 PM Pattern ERG in glaucoma suspects – new findings from a longitudinal study Michael Bach, Thomas Jehle Sektion Funktionelle Sehforschung, Universitäts-Augenklinik Freiburg, Germany
2:30 PM Break & Poster Session B Foyer F, G, H
2:30 - 4:30 PM Poster B: Retinal Diseases / ERG Methods Chairs: Monique Leys & Neal Peachey

Foveal thinning in cases with occult macular dystrophy Azza Shehab 1 and Mai Sharawy 2 1 Minya University 2 Cairo University

Local and multifocal electroretinography and macula imaging in Stargardt’s disease/fundus flavimaculatus. I. Zolnikova, E.V. Rogatina, I.Z. Karlova Helmholtz Research Institute of Eye Diseases, Moscow

CHANGES IN THE MYOPIC RETINA USING MULTIFOCAL ELECTRORETINOGRAMS, OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND PERIPHERAL RESOLUTION ACUITY. Clive J. Wolsley 1,2, Kathryn J. Saunders 1, Giuliana Silvestri 3, Roger S. Anderson 1 1. Vision Science Research Group, University of Ulster, Coleraine, UK, 2. Northern Ireland Medical Physics Agency, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK, 3. Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Science, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK.

SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY OF THE PHOTORECEPTOR INNER/ OUTER SEGMENT LINE DEFECT IN EYES WITH MULTIPLE EVANESCENT WHITE DOT SYNDROME. Atsuhiro Tanikawa, Eri Nakayasu, Ryo Asano, Masayuki Horiguchi Department of Ophthalmology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan

BILATERAL CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULAR MEMBRANE AS A PRESENTING FEATURE OF BEST’S DISEASE Rohit Shetty 1, Ajoy Vincent1, Rajani R Battu2, Bhujang Shetty1 1. Department of electrophysiology, Narayana Nethralaya, Super Specialty Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute, Rajaji Nagar 1st ‘R’ Block, Bangalore, India. 2. Department of Vitreoretina, Narayana Nethralaya, Narayana Health City Campus, Bommasandra, Bangalore, India

DARK ADAPTOMETRY FOLLOWING IMPLANTATION OF BLUE BLOCKER AND ASPHERIC INTRAOCULAR LENSES Rohit Shetty1, 2, Mathew Kurian2, Ajoy Vincent1, Bhujang Shetty1 1. Department of electrophysiology, Narayana Nethralaya, Super Specialty Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute, Rajaji Nagar 1st ‘R’ Block, Bangalore, India. 2. Department of Cataract and Refractive surgery, Narayana Nethralaya, Super Specialty Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute, Rajaji Nagar 1st ‘R’ Block, Bangalore, India.

SYNDROMIC CHOROIDEREMIA – A POSSIBLE APPROACH TO SUBLOCALIZATION OF PHENES ASSOCIATED WITH MARTIN-PROBST DEAFNESS MENTAL RETARDATION SYNDROME CM Poloschek 1, B Kloeckener-Gruissem 2,3, LL Hansen 1, M Bach 1, W Berger 2 1 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany 2 Division of Medical Molecular Genetics and Gene Diagnostics, Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland 3 Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

THE IMPORTANCE OF CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF PATIENTS WHO COME FOR ELECTROFUNCTIONAL TEST Alma Patrizia Tormene 1, Morena Masetto 2, Chiara Riva 1 1. Dept of Neurosciences . Ophthalmology University of Padova Italy 2. Ophthalmology of Abano Terme Hospital Abano Terme Italy

Skin Electrodes vs. Corneal Electrodes (Burian-Allen) for ISCEV Standard Full-field ERG – Determining a method to obtain repeatable results Mary Flynn Roberts, Elizabeth Warren, Angela VanDyke 1. Illinois Eye Institute, Illinois College of Optometry

Electrical impedance measurement on the sclera/cornea Malcolm Brown, Laura Milner, Anthony Fisher, Richard Hagan Clinical Engineering Dept. and Clinical Eye Research Centre, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool UK

THE INSULATING EFFECT OF SILICON OIL IN VITRECTOMISED HUMAN EYES Ajoy Vincent 1, Rohit Shetty1, Naresh Kumar Yadav2, Priya B Vijayan2, Sri Bhargav Natesh2, Bhujang Shetty1 1. Department of electrophysiology, Narayana Nethralaya, Super Specialty Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute, Rajaji Nagar 1st ‘R’ Block, Bangalore, India. 2. Department of Vitreoretina, Narayana Nethralaya, Super Specialty Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute, Rajaji Nagar 1st ‘R’ Block, Bangalore, India.

A PROMISING S-CONE ISOLATING PROTOCOL Josefin Nilsson 1,2, Thomas Wright, BSc 2,1, Carol Westall 2,3 1. Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Sweden 2. Visual Electrophysiology Unit, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada 3. Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada

THE ASSESSMENT OF THE SINGLE-FLASH ERG A-WAVE SLOPE BY DETERMINATION OF DERIVATIVES IN DIFFERENT TIME POINTS Sergey Rezvykh 1,2, Irina Tsapenko 1, Igor Spiridonov 2, Marina Zueva 1. 1. Moscow Helmholtz Research Institute of Eye Diseases, Moscow, Russia 2. Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, Russia

SOFTWARE FOR THE EVALUATION OF ELECTRORETINOGRAMS Andre Messias, Herbert Jägle, Florian Gekeler, and Eberhart Zrenner Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN DARK ADAPTION KINETIC USING THE ELECTRORETINOGAM B-WAVE AMPLITUDE AND DARK ADAPTOMETRY Susanne Kramer, Andre Messias, Eberhart Zrenner and Herbert Jägle Centre for Ophtalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

THE PHOTOPIC NEGATIVE RESPONSE OF THE RED ON BLUE ELECTRORETINOGRAM USING LED BUILT-IN CONTACT LENS ELECTRODES ON OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA Kaoru Fujinami 1,2, Rishu Inoue 2, Toshine Maeda 2, Toyoko Inoue 2, Yoichi Inoue 2, Kazushige Tsunoda 1, Kei Shinoda 3, Yozo Miyake 4 1. The National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan 2. Olympia Eye Hospital, Tokyo, Japan 3. Oita University, Oita, Japan 4. Aichi shukutoku University, Aichi, Japan

Investigation of Photopic Negative Response in Glaucoma by Focal Electroretinograms Hajime Nakamura, Masanori Hangai, Fumitaka Hirose, Tomonari Ojima, Nagahisa Yoshimura Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine

Microcurrent Neuromodulation in Retinitis Pigmentosa:Report of a pilot study Subhadra Jalali, Raja Narayanan. Smt. Kanuri Santhamma Retina Vitreous Centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India

THE LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS PROTEIN, AIPL1, PLAYS A DIRECT ROLE AND IS INDISPENSABLE FOR CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS. Lindsay Michalovicz, Saravanan Kolandaivelu, and Visvanathan Ramamurthy West Virginia University Eye Institute, Morgantown, WV 26506-9193

TREATMENTS OF NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION: A QUANTITATIVE REVIEW J. Vernon Odom, Ph.D. 1, Ahmed El-Sherbeeny, Ph.D. 2,3, and Nabil Jabbour, M.D. 1, 2 1. West Virginia University Eye Institute, Morgantown, WV 26506 2. Mid Atlantic Retina Consultations, Morgantown, WV 26505 3. Al-Jouf University, Saudi Arabia
4:30 - 6:15 PM Oral Presentation 6: Frontiers in Electrophysiological Testing Chairs: Carol Westall & David Keating
4:30 PM THE SINGLE AND MULTIFOCAL M-SEQUENCE TECHNIQUE AND THEIR USES IN VISUAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY Erich E. Sutter University of California, San Francisco
4:45 PM MYDRIASIS DOES NOT IMPAIR MULTIFOCAL VEP RECORDINGS. Thomas Meigen, Anneliese Friedrich Department of Ophthalmology, University of Würzburg, Germany
5:00 PM Accommodation limits induced optical defocus in defocus experiments Herbert Jägle, Thomas Brauns Centre of Ophthalmology, University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
5:15 PM INTRICACIES OF MEASURING THE MFERG’S LUMINANCE UNIFORMITY IN DIRECT AND MAXWELLIAN VIEWING Fabrice Moret, Wolf A. Lagrèze, Michael Bach Universitäts-Augenklinik, Freiburg, Germany
5:30 PM ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FUNCTIONAL MARKERS AND STRUCTURAL RETINAL CHANGES IN ADOLESCENTS WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES Ekta Lakhani 1,2, Thomas Wright 2, Giuseppe Mirabella 2, Peter Glazer 2, Carol Westall 1,2 1. The Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto. 2. Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children.
5:45 PM LIGHT ADAPTATION AND DARK ADAPTATION OF THE HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM Rasa Ruseckaite, Allison M Cameron, Liang Miao and Trevor D Lamb Division of Neuroscience, John Curtin School of Medical Research, and ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
6:00 PM ERG RESPONSE SMEARING INTO ‘UNUSED’ M-SEQUENCES AT FAST STIMULATION RATES. Hagan R.P, Fisher A.C, Brown M.C. Department of Clinical Engineering, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

Dinner on your own
Sunday, July 13, 2008
8:00 AM Leave for Fallingwater
9:30 AM Arrive at Fallingwater and Break
10:00 AM Introduction Fallingwater Barn
10:15 AM ISCEV Keynote Lecture: Kenji Yanashima
10:45 AM Oral Presentation 7: Retinal Structure and Function Chairs: Jonathan Lyons & Masayuki Horiguchi
11:00 AM Objective Assessment of Retinal Functions of Subjects with Advanced Retinal Degeneration in Clinical Trials R. Wilke1, M. Bach2, A. Schatz1, T. Strasser1, H. Benav1, A. Messias1, , E. Zrenner1. 1Institute for Ophthalmic Research, 1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Germany; 2University Eye Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
11:15 AM CLINICAL AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A LARGE KINDRED WITH X-LINKED RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA ASSOCIATED WITH THE RPGR LOCUS Byron L. Lam 1, Audina Berrocal 1, Tania Arguello 1, William Feuer 1, Mu Liu 1, Ditte Hess 1, Michelle Caputo 1, Maria Berrocal 2, Alexandra Weisman 2, Edwin M. Stone 3 1. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, USA 2. Berrocal Eye Clinic, Puerto Rico, USA 3. University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, USA
11:30 AM ISCEV Approved Protocols for Clinical Trials - Eberhart Zrenner
11:45 AM Lunch Fallingwater Barn
12:45 PM Departure for Tours
1:00 PM Tour of Fallingwater

Tour of Kentuck Knob
6:30 PM Dinner (Barbeque - Roast) Fallingwater Barn

Music by Stewed Mulligan and

Square Dance called by Taylor Runner
9:30 PM Leave for Morgantown
11:00 PM Arrive at Morgantown
Monday, July 14, 2008
7:30AM-5:30PM Registration Foyer A, B, C
8:30 AM Invited Lecture: Paul Sieving, INNER RETINAL SEQUELAE OF OUTER RETINAL DISEASE: ANALYSIS OF ERG COMPONENTS IN THE RCS RAT Salon A, B, C, D
9:00 AM Oral Presentation 8: Imaging and Visual Electrophysiology Chairs: Marko Hawlina & Colin Barber Salon A, B, C, D
9:00 AM SIMULTANEOUS RECORDING OF NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY AND VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS IN NORMAL HUMAN SUBJECTS Kazuhiko Tanabe 1, Atsushi Mizota 1, Minoru Tanaka 1, Ichiro Shimoyama 2 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Urayasu, Japan 2. Human Neurophysiology, Reseach Center for Frontier Medical Engineering Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
9:15 AM ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FUNCTIONAL MARKERS AND STRUCTURAL RETINAL CHANGES IN ADOLESCENTS WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES Ekta Lakhani 1,2, Thomas Wright 2, Giuseppe Mirabella 2, Peter Glazer 2, Carol Westall 1,2 1. The Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto. 2. Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children.
9:30 AM SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF PERG IN RELATION TO STIMULUS FIELD SIZE AND OCT IN PATIENTS WITH STARGARDT DISEASE Eva Lenassi, Darko Perovšek, Martina Jarc-Vidmar, Petra Popovič, Marko Hawlina Eye Clinic, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
9:45 AM Break Foyer F, G, H
10:00 AM Oral Presentation 9: Hereditary Retinal Diseases Chairs: Alma Patrizia Tormene & Enid Chelva Salon A, B, C, D
10:30 AM ON THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN FUNDUS ALBIPUNCTATUS AND RETINITIS PUNCTATA ALBESCENS. Holder GE (1,2), Sohn E (1), Zheng L (2), McBain VM (1), Robson AG (1,2), Webster AR (1,2). Moorfields Eye Hospital (1) and Institute of Ophthalmology (2), London, UK
10:30 AM Progression of Retinal Dystrophy in Mucolipidosis IV– an Electroretinographic Study Rafael C. Caruso1, Raphael Schiffmann 2, Janine A. Smith 1, Ehud Goldin 3 1. National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (NIH). 2. National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH. 3. National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH.
10:45 AM NEGATIVE ERG IN A PATIENT WITH SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS Hiroko Yamazaki 1, 3, Chai Yuzhu 1, Yutaka Nonoda 2, Asako Arai 2, Eiji Nakagawa 2, Makiko Kaga 3 1) Department of Ophthalmology, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 2) Division of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry 3) Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
11:00 AM CSNB CAUSED BY A NOVEL NONSENSE MUTATION IN CABP4 IS CHARACTERIZED BY SEVERE CONE DYSFUNCTION, BUT NORMAL SCOTOPIC VISION AND NORMAL PRIMARY ROD PATHWAY. Maria van Genderen 1, Karin Littink 2, Frans Riemslag1, Frans Cremers 2, Ingeborgh van den Born 3 1.Bartiméus Institute for the Visually Impaired, Zeist, The Netherlands 2.Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 3.Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
11:15 AM THE SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF ISCEV STANDARD ERGS AND EOGS WHEN DISCRIMINATING NORMAL, RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA AND MIXED DISEASE. Vaegan 1,2 and Stephanie Yeo 1 1. Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Australia 2. VisionTest Australia, Macquarie St., Sydney, NSW Australia
11:30 AM Principal component analysis of multifocal electroretinogram in Retinitis Pigmentosa. Aniruddha Maiti, Mahesh Uparkar, Sundaram Natarajan Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital Pvt Ltd , Mumbai ,India
11:45 AM MULTIMODAL IMAGING: A NEW TOOL TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MACULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN RETINAL DISEASE S. M. Walker, S. Parks, D. Keating Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
12:00 PM Lunch Salon E, F, G, H
1:00 PM Poster C: Electrophysiological Testing: EOG, mfERG, VEP Methods Chairs: Subhatra Jalali & Scott Brodie Foyer F, G, H

HYPOTENSION AND ELECTRO-OCULOGRAM. Yuzo Miyake, Atsuhiro Tanikawa, Mitsuo Sugimoto, Masayuki Horiguchi Department of Ophthalmology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan

THE FAST AND SLOW OSCILLATIONS OF THE EOG IN DIABETES Marilyn E. Schneck, Leslie Shupenko and Anthony J. Adams School of Optometry, Vision Sciences Program, The University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

Bilateral Maculopathy with Subretinal Neovascularization in a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Richard MacMaster Francis, Jr., Lionel Chisholm, Monique Leys West Virginia University Eye Institute Morgantown,WV 26506, USA

RETINAL FUNCTION IN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY WITH MACULAR EDEMA Mariam Arakelian 1, Natalia Mansurina 1, Yulia Bardeeva 2, Angelika Shamshinova 1 1. Moscow Helmholtz Institute of Eye Diseases, Moscow, Russia 2. Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia*

ERG RESPONSE SMEARING INTO ‘UNUSED’ M-SEQUENCES AT FAST STIMULATION RATES. Hagan R.P, Fisher A.C, Brown M.C. Department of Clinical Engineering, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

Characteristics of global flash multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) under different combinations of global and focal flash luminance Jenny CY Lung, Patrick HW Chu, YF Ng, Henry HL Chan Laboratory of Experimental Optometry (Neuroscience), School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.

THE TECHNIQUES AND THE SYSTEM FOR MULTIFOCAL ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY Aram Arakelyan Department of Information Technology, University of International Economic Relations, 5 Miasnikian av., Yerevan, 0025, Armenia

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES AFTER INTRAVITREAL BEVACIZUMAB INJECTION IN PATIENTS WITH MACULAR EDEMA AND CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION Young-Hoon Ohn 1, Soo Young Lee 2, Hyun Joon Lee 1 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Bucheon, South Korea 2. Department of Ophthalmology, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

MULTIFOCAL ELECTRORETINOGRAM PROGRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH RP. Karen Holopigian 1, Jenny M. Gallardo 1, William Seiple 1, William H. Swanson 2, Ronald E. Carr 1. 1. New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 2. Indiana University School of Optometry, Bloomington, IN

Foveal Dystrophy or Dysfunction; a Clinical Entity N. Khan, J.R. Heckenlively. University of Michigan, Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, MI.

CORRELATION BETWEEN VERTICAL KINETIC VISUAL ACUITY AND VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL IN PATIENTS WITH UNILATERAL OPTIC NEURITIS Yujin Mochizuki1, Atsushi Mizota1, Minoru Tanaka1, Yoshimitsu Kohmura2, Hiroshi Yoshigi3 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Urayasu, Japan 2. Doctoral Program in Sports Science, Juntendo University, Shisui, Japan 3. Department of Sports Science, Juntendo University School of Health and Sports Science, Shisui, Japan

BLUE FIXATION STIMULUS TO RECORD PATTERN VEP IN OPTIC NERVE DISEASE Rohit Shetty, Ajoy Vincent, Bhujang Shetty Department of electrophysiology, Narayana Nethralaya, Super Specialty Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute, Rajaji Nagar 1st ‘R’ Block, Bangalore, India.

ABNORMAL PATTERN VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL IN OCCULT MACULAR DYSTROPHY-IS IT THE NERVE? Ranjana Mathur 1,2, Doric Wong, Kuang Wen 1,2 1. Singapore National Eye Centre 2. Singapore Eye Research Institute

Recording of visual evoked potential in photophobia patients Maryam Mirdehghan, S.M. Shushtarian, M.S. Mirdehghan Tehran medical branch, Islamic Azad university. Tehran_Iran

VEPS IN RESPONSE TO CONE ISOLATING STIMULI IN COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH READING DISCOMFORT. William H. Ridder, III 1, Christopher Chase 2, Chinatsu Tosha 2, Anna Tong 1, Dani Smith 2, and Eric Borsting 2. 1 Southern California College of Optometry, Fullerton, California. 2 Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California.

EFFECT OF WHOLE BODY VIBRATION ON VISUAL SYSTEM USING VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS Aryandokht Fotros, S.M.M. Shushtarian Department of Medical Physics, Tehran Medical branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran ,Iran

RETINAL (MACULAR) DISEASES ARE DISTINGUISHED EASIER FROM OPTIC NEUROPATHIES IF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY IS COMPLEMENTED BY OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT). Hannes Wildberger, Daniel Barthelmes, Oliver Bergamin Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2:30PM-3:00PM Poster Session and Break Foyer F, G, H
3:00PM Adachi Award Introduction: Joseph Harrison Salon A, B, C, D
3:15 PM 2008 Adachi Award Lecture: William W. Dawson Salon A, B, C, D
4:00-5:30 PM Membership Meeting Salon A, B
6:30-7:00 Reception Foyer F, G, H
7:00PM-11:00PM Gala Dinner w/ entertainment at 9PM Salon D, E, F, G, H
8:00 PM Recognitions of Local Organizers

Awards: Dodt Award; Adachi Award

ISCEV OLYMPICS: Colin Barber as MC
9:00 PM Music and Dancing
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
7:30AM-1:00PM Attendees Depart / Departing Festivities

ISCEV Golf Tournament Lakeview