Pediatric Vision Science Research Group

Publications

Sharing our discoveries

Our internationally recognized experts have been using innovative techniques to conduct high quality research projects and contribute the global knowledge of pediatric vision disorders. Some of our most notable publications include:

  1. Ngo MH, Borowska-Fielding J, Heathcote G, Nejat S, Kelly ME, McMaster CR, Robitaille JM. Fzd4 Haploinsufficiency Delays Retinal Revascularization in the Mouse Model of Oxygen Induced Retinopathy. PLoS One. 2016; Aug 4;11(8)

  2. Harris, J.W., Cowper-Smith, C.D., Klein, R.M., & Westwood, D.A. (2015). Further evidence against a momentum explanation for IOR. PLoS ONE. e0123666. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123666 

  3. Kalt W, McDonald JE, Fillmore SAE ,Tremblay F (2014) Blueberry effects on dark vision and recovery after photo-bleaching:  placebo-controlled cross-over studies.  J. Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 19;62(46):11180-9.

  4. Robitaille JM, Gillett RM, LeBlanc MA, Gaston D, Nightingale M, Mackley MP,Parkash S, Hathaway J, Thomas A, Ells A, Traboulsi EI, Héon E, Roy M, Shalev S,Fernandez CV, MacGillivray C, Wallace K, Fahiminiya S, Majewski J, McMaster CR, Bedard K.  Phenotypic overlap between familial exudative vitreoretinopathy andmicrocephaly, lymphedema, and chorioretinal dysplasia caused by KIF11 mutations. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2014 Dec;132(12):1393-9. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.2814. PubMed PMID: 25124931.

  5. Dahrab MM, LaRoche GR. Error of Calibration in Ophthalmic Calipers:  A Source of Significant Clinical Errors.  Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 46(6):510-512 (2011).

  6. Walsh LA, Hahn EK, LaRoche GR. The Method of Treatment Cessation and Recurrence Rate of Amblyopia.  Strabismus, 17(3):107-116 (2009).

  7. Robitaille JM, Wallace K, Zheng B, Beis MJ, Samuels M, Hoskin-Mott A, Guernsey DL. Phenotypic overlap of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) with persistent fetal vasculature (PFV) caused by FZD4 mutations in two distinct pedigrees. Ophthalmic Genet. 2009 Mar;30(1):23-30. doi:10.1080/13816810802464312. PubMed PMID: 19172507.

  8. Walsh LA, LaRoche GR, and Tremblay F. The Use of Binocular Visual Acuity in the Assessment of Intermittent Exotropia, Journal of the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 4(3):154-157 (2000).

  9. Tremblay F, LaRoche GR, De Becker I. (1995)  The electroretinographic diagnosis of the incomplete form of Congenital Stationary Night Blindness.  Vision Research, 36:2383-2393