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1 From the Glaucoma Unit, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom; the 2 Glaucoma Division, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, California; and the 3 Department of Visual Science, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, United Kingdom.
PURPOSE. Differential light sensitivity (DLS) in white-on-white perimetry is used as a measure of ganglion cell function to estimate the amount of neuronal damage in glaucoma. The physiological relationship between DLS and ganglion cell numbers is poorly understood. Within small retinal areas, brightness information is summated, so that A * L = C, or A = C/L, where A is target area, L is threshold luminance, and C is a constant. In larger illuminated areas, as with a Goldmann size III target in perimetry, summation is incomplete, so that Ak = C/L, where k is the coefficient of summation, and 0 < k < 1. This study tests the hypothesis that the target area (A) can be represented by the number of underlying ganglion cells (G) to give Gk = C/L.
METHODS. Normative human data for ganglion cell density within 30° of retinal eccentricity were taken from the literature and corrected for lateral displacement of ganglion cells from the fovea to estimate ganglion cell receptive field density (g). The number of ganglion cell receptive fields within a Goldmann size III target (G) was calculated from target area (A) and receptive field density (g) [G = A (g)]. Normative data for DLS in the central 30° (Humphrey 30-2) were taken from the literature. The coefficient summation (k) was measured empirically at each Humphrey 30-2 test point in 8 normal subjects. The relationship between DLS and G was investigated by plotting DLS as decibels (dB) against G and DLS as 1/L (1/Lamberts) against Gk. The physiological relationship was extrapolated to glaucomatous ganglion cell loss by calculating hypothetical cell losses for 3 and 6 dB sensitivity defects at each test point.
RESULTS. Spatial summation increased with eccentricity. The relationship between DLS (dB) and G was curvilinear. The relationship between DLS (1/L) and Gk was linear (r2 = 0.73). The extrapolation to glaucomatous ganglion cell loss indicated that a proportionally greater loss of ganglion cells is required in the central compared with peripheral visual field for equal losses in dB sensitivity.
CONCLUSIONS. The number of underlying ganglion cells, adjusted for local spatial summation, is better reflected by the DLS scale of 1/L than by dB. If spatial summation is unchanged in glaucoma, this scale more accurately reflects the amount of neuronal damage.
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