Tel: (305)
348-3082
Fax: (305)
348-6700
Office: CP 213
Lab:
CP 276
(Sinaia, Romania,
2005)
Research
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Experimental
Biophysics - Physics
of the eye and visual system: Macular pigment and its possible
relationship
with age-related macular degeneration; non-invasive measurement of the
macular pigment; cumulative light distribution on the human retina.
Research Presentation in
Cambridge, July 2013
Research Presentation in
Cambridge, July 2015
Selected
Publications
Bone
R.A., Landrum J.T., Guerra L.H., and Ruiz C. (2003) Lutein
and
zeaxanthin dietary supplements raise macular pigment density and serum
concentrations of these carotenoids. J. Nutr. 133,
992-998.
Krinsky
N.I., Landrum J.T., Bone R.A. (2003) Biologic mechanisms of the
protective role of lutein and
zeaxanthin in the eye. Annu. Rev. Nutr. 23, 171-201.
Bone
R.A., Landrum J.T. (2004) Heterochromatic flicker photometery. Arch.
Biochem. Biophys. 430, 137-142.
Bone R.A., Landrum J.T., Gibert J.C. (2004) Macular pigment
and the edge hypothesis of flicker photometry. Vision
Res. 44, 3045-3051.
Rosenthal
J.M., Kim J., de Monastario F., Thompson D.J.S., Bone R.A., Landrum
J.T., de
Moura F.F., Khachik F., Chen H.,
Schleicher R.L., Ferris III F.L., Chew E.Y. (2006) Dose-ranging study
of lutein supplementation in persons aged 60 years or older. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis.
Sci. 47, 5227-5233.
Bone
R.A., Landrum
J.T., Cao Y., Howard A.N., Alvarez-Calderon F. (2006) Macular pigment response
to a supplement containing meso-zeaxanthin, lutein and zeaxanthin. Nutr. Metab.
4:12.
Bone R.A., Brener B., Gibert J.C. (2007) Macular pigment,
photopigments, and
melanin: distributions determined by four-wavelength reflectometry.
Vision Res. 47, 3259-3268.
Bone R.A. and Draper G. (2007) Optical anisotropy of the human cornea
determined with a polarizing microscope. Applied Optics 46,
8351-8357.
Bone R.A.,
Gibert, J.C. Mukherjee, A. (2012) Light distributions on the retina:
relevance to macular pigment photoprotection. Acta Biochim. Polon. 59, 167-169
Bone RA, Mukherjee A (2013) Innovative Troxler-free measurement of
macular pigment and lens density with correction of the former for the
aging lens. J. Biomed. Opt. 18
(10), 107003 (October 10, 2013); doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.10.107003
Mukherjee A. and Bone R.A. (2016) Lens density measurements by
two independent psychophysical techniques. Eye and Vision
3:24 doi 10.1186/s40662-016-0054-6
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