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PhotoreceptorsCalled the retinal pigment epMacular degenerationDrusenChoroidAbnormalitiesAtrophyMaculaAmount of pigmentRetina calledOpaqueEpithelial changesTissueTumorsChoroidalDiabetic retinopathyLayers of the retinaDetachmentLesionsMelaninCornealBasalVertebrateTypicallyCellsCorneaVisual acuityRetinal vasculatureLensAdenomasDegenerationPigmentationCiliary bodyDruseMembraneLayerAbnormalityClinicalVascularOcularDepositsVitreous gelFundusMelanosomesPax6Blood vesselsVesselsAdenocarcinomaFindingsClumpsPatientsOccursOpticLuteinIrisDefectsOphthalmologyNutrientsOccurMiceInflammationPolypsConesLightCataractProteinDilation
Photoreceptors7
  • From an engineer's perspective , these problems could be trivially averted if the retina were the other way round, with photoreceptors facing towards the centre of the eye. (evolutionnews.org)
  • According to Gelatt's Veterinary Ophthalmology (1999), PRA is a term for a group of hereditary diseases that are characterized by a degeneration or dysplasia (abnormal development) of the photoreceptors at the back of the eye. (malamute-health.org)
  • abnormalities of the pigment epithelium behind the photoreceptors which causes secondary photoreceptor degeneration (central PRA or, more recently, RPED). (malamute-health.org)
  • On the basis of these findings," the authors write, "it is possible that ocriplasmin may have a diffuse enzymatic effect on photoreceptors or the retinal pigment epithelium that is not limited to areas of vitreomacular adhesion. (medscape.com)
  • This region, known as the fovea centralis, is avascular (meaning it lacks blood vessels) and has very little neural tissue in front of the photoreceptors, reducing light scattering. (vedantu.com)
  • Retinal degeneration causes visual impairment and blindness and can be caused by mutations in retinal cells including the photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). (phoenixmicron.com)
  • They may be the result of a failure of the eye to dispose of waste products that are produced when the photoreceptors of the eye drop off older parts of the cell. (rvaf.com)
Called the retinal pigment ep2
Macular degeneration14
Drusen5
  • The clumps appear as small yellow spots known as drusen (singular: druse). (xshotpix.com)
  • During a routine eye exam, the eye doctor may notice subretinal deposits of fats, proteins, and cellular waste known as drusen . (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Drusen are accumulations of acellular, amorphous debris subjacent to the basement membrane of the retinal pigment epithelium (6). (macular.org)
  • Drusen can be small, hard and scattered far apart from each other. (rvaf.com)
  • Your doctor can see these drusen during a dilated eye exam, even if you are not aware of a vision change. (rvaf.com)
Choroid5
  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The pigmented layer of retina or retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is the pigmented cell layer just outside the neurosensory retina that nourishes retinal visual cells, and is firmly attached to the underlying choroid and overlying retinal visual cells. (xshotpix.com)
  • Eyesight and the macular retinal structure, including the macular nerve fiber layer (MNFL), retinal neurepithelium layer (RNL), pigment epithelium and choroid capillary composite lay (PECCL), were evaluated separately before, right after and 3 months after the acupuncture treatments. (prlog.org)
  • The front of the choroid is the colored part of the eye called the iris. (peacehealth.org)
  • The highly vascular choroid, located between the retinal pigment epithelium and the sclera, supplies oxygen and nutrients to the outer retina and plays an essential role in vision-guided eye growth. (bmj.com)
  • The other two tunics of the eye's posterior segment are the white tough fibrous sclera which is outermost and continuous with the cornea anteriorly, and the choroid , a pigmented and highly vascular layer which lies sandwiched between the retina and sclera. (answersingenesis.org)
Abnormalities5
  • 2. JS Sunness, Visual function abnormalities and prognosis in eyes with age-related geographic atrophy of the macula and good visual acuity. (macular.org)
  • The possibility of LASV persistence in the eye is unknown, as is the extent of chronic pathologic changes secondary to infection that could result in long-term functional abnormalities. (cdc.gov)
  • The Mitf gene is involved in RPE differentiation and proliferation and mutations in the gene can lead to coat pigmentation abnormalities and inner ear and eye defects. (phoenixmicron.com)
  • Abnormalities in the eye result from a disorder in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). (medscape.com)
  • 91.8% of infants had brain abnormalities or microcephaly, 23.0% had eye abnormalities, and 14.8% had both. (cdc.gov)
Atrophy1
Macula9
  • The macula is the very small, central part of retinal tissue. (pinnaclecare.com)
  • The retinal pigment epithelium, another layer of tissue, moves nutrients from those blood vessels to the macula and removes the waste created by cells. (pinnaclecare.com)
  • Photodynamic therapy: After an injection of a medication that is absorbed by the abnormal blood vessels under the macula, a cold laser is shined in the eye, activating the medication and sealing leaking blood vessels. (pinnaclecare.com)
  • As a result of this, myopia puts strain on the tissues of the eye, including the retinal pigment endothelium (RPE), macula, and retina. (occeyecare.ca)
  • Surrounding macula lutea, which is the circular patch of yellow-pigmented tissue with the size of up to 5 to 6 mm (0.2 to 0.24 inch) in diameter. (vedantu.com)
  • Meso-zeaxanthin is generally not found in plants - it is thought to be made in our bodies from lutein (although it is also present in some fish … ) These pigments, once we eat them, appear to be important in our vision and in helping keep the macula healthy. (worldtruth.tv)
  • The macula is the most sensitive part of the retina that allows the human eye to see images sharp. (eyehealthconsultants.com)
  • In essence, the macula is the small, central portion of the retina that concentrates 90% of the vision in terms of fine detail. (eyehealthconsultants.com)
  • In some cases, the disease may progress to the point where the entire macula becomes atrophic, resulting in complete and permanent vision loss in the affected eye. (rvaf.com)
Amount of pigment2
  • In these cases, the mechanism is somewhat different, as the floaters usually derive from friction between the iris and the intraocular lens, which releases a fair amount of pigment inside the eye. (everydayhealth.com)
  • Blue eyes and brown eyes have the same amount of pigment in the epithelium. (pceyeglasses.com)
Retina called1
Opaque5
Epithelial changes1
  • however, advanced findings may include any combination of optic nerve pallor, attenuated retinal vasculature, retinal pigment epithelial changes and vitreous cells. (reviewofophthalmology.com)
Tissue11
  • Gardner syndrome is characterized by FAP (Familial Adenomatous Polyps), osseous and soft tissue tumors, retinal pigment epithelium hypertrophy and impacted teeth. (xshotpix.com)
  • The retina is the light-sensitive tissue found at the back of the eye . (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • A small percentage of AND-34 −/− mice show distinctive small white eye lesions resulting from the migration of ruptured cortical lens tissue into the anterior chamber. (molvis.org)
  • AMD is a disease that affects the retina (light-sensing nerve tissue at the back of your eye). (pinnaclecare.com)
  • Myosin VIIA is made in the inner ear and in the retina, which is the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Second, the voltage responses to current pulses injected across the tissue showed that there was an increase in the ratio of apical to basal membrane resistance and a decrease in the equivalent resistance of the epithelium. (northwestern.edu)
  • In addition, myopic degeneration leads to tears in the retinal pigment epithelium, a frontal tissue that connects to the retina. (occeyecare.ca)
  • pl. retinae or retinas ) is the innermost, light-sensitive layer of tissue of the eye of most vertebrates and some molluscs . (wikipedia.org)
  • The slight bulge in the sclera at the front of the eye is a clear, thin, dome-shaped tissue called the cornea . (peacehealth.org)
  • The lens is held in place by small tissue strands or fibers (zonules) extending from the inner wall of the eye. (peacehealth.org)
  • Non-Surgical Corneal Molding is based on the art and science of Orthokeratology (Ortho-K) which was started back in the 1970s as an alternative to reshape the eye corneal curvature without surgical tissue removal. (eyehealthconsultants.com)
Tumors1
  • These tumors are found during routine eye examination and referred to eye tumor specialists for further evaluation. (eyecancer.com)
Choroidal2
  • In the past, almost all RPE adenocarcinomas were clinically diagnosed as atypical choroidal melanomas and the eyes were enucleated. (eyecancer.com)
  • Fortunately, not all patients who have myopic bleeding will develop a choroidal neovascular membrane, since they may have a small blood vessel rupture without the associated new blood vessel growth. (occeyecare.ca)
Diabetic retinopathy2
Layers of the retina1
Detachment3
Lesions8
  • Inactive lesions may show window defects as a result of depigmentation of retinal pigment epithelium. (medscape.com)
  • Sarcoidosis has small yellow-white retinal pigment epithelial lesions that usually are in the peripheral fundus. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with MEWDS have unilateral visual loss and have small lesions that usually are located in the midperiphery. (medscape.com)
  • Birdshot retinochoroidopathy, which often has an association with the presence of the human leukocyte antigen A29 (HLA-A29), also usually is bilateral but presents subacutely with smaller lesions and is associated with significant vitreous reaction and retinal vasculitis. (medscape.com)
  • Hyper-reflective deposits classified into two types were observed on Stratus OCT: type 1 lesions (94% of eyes) presented as dome-shaped deposits located in the inner part of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) layer and type 2 lesions (86% of eyes) presented as small linear deposits located at the level of the outer nuclear layer and clearly separated from the RPE layer. (bmj.com)
  • We examined eye lesions in five lines of transgenic mice carrying the human rasT24 oncogene driven by the type I γ glutamyl transferase (γGT) promoter. (houstonmethodist.org)
  • The sequential progression of hyperplasia to invasive neoplasms in the ciliary body in response to γGT(I)rasT24 expression differs from the process in the kidney of these animals in which tubular hyperplasia and microadenomas with little evidence of progression are the major lesions. (houstonmethodist.org)
  • Lesions in Best disease are restricted to the eye. (medscape.com)
Melanin5
  • Melanin granules in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) have many important functions which are not yet completely understood. (xshotpix.com)
  • This is because eye color is determined by your genes and the melanin level on your body. (xshotpix.com)
  • As you grow up, the melanin level increases around your pupil, making the eye darker. (xshotpix.com)
  • Melanin is a brown pigment granule that is in everyone's body except albinos. (pceyeglasses.com)
  • Blue eyed people have very little melanin in their iris and brown eyed people have a lot more. (pceyeglasses.com)
Corneal1
  • It was found that between embryonic days E10.5 and E16.5 Pax6 is autonomously required for cells to contribute fully not only to the corneal epithelium, where Pax6 is expressed at high levels, but also to the to the corneal stroma and endothelium, where the protein is detected at very low levels. (ed.ac.uk)
Basal1
  • Basal levels of p130Cas phosphorylation were higher in AND-34 +/+ than in AND-34 −/− lens epithelium. (molvis.org)
Vertebrate6
  • There are good reasons why vertebrate eyes have backward-pointing retinas, they say. (evolutionnews.org)
  • Of special interest to this story is that one of the authors, Dan-Eric Nilsson, made a splash with Suzanne Pelger in 1994 with a graphic of eye evolution showing how a light-sensitive spot could evolve into a vertebrate eye in stages. (evolutionnews.org)
  • Likewise, photoreceptor cell bodies, which in vertebrate eyes are also in the way of the retinal image, do not seem to strongly limit visual acuity . (evolutionnews.org)
  • Squid eyes do not have an analog of the vertebrate retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). (wikipedia.org)
  • Southern-Andean bugs (SW Ecuador/NW Peru) from house and vertebrate-nest microhabitats are typical, light-colored, small bugs with short heads/wings. (cdc.gov)
  • This remarkable phenotypic diversity within a single nominal species likely stems from microhabitat adaptations possibly involving predator-driven selective pressure (yielding substrate-matching camouflage coloration) and a shift from palm-crown to vertebrate-nest microhabitats (yielding smaller bodies and shorter heads and wings). (cdc.gov)
Typically3
Cells16
  • The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a monolayer of pigmented cells situated between the neuroretina and the choroids. (xshotpix.com)
  • Where are the pigmented cells located in the retina? (xshotpix.com)
  • It naturally adheres to some areas of the retina (the layer of cells that lines the back of the eye). (everydayhealth.com)
  • These retinal pigment epithelium cells are used for eye light absorption, eye nutrition, and as a receptor. (rxwiki.com)
  • While Akt Ser 473 phosphorylation was readily detectable in AND-34 +/+ lens epithelial cells, it was markedly reduced in the AND-34 −/− lens epithelium. (molvis.org)
  • EyeCyte-RPE executes the cure through replacement of retinal pigment epithelium cells. (indiatimes.com)
  • A relatively small number of hpSC lines could provide sufficient immune-matched cells to cover large parts of the world's population. (blogspot.com)
  • ISCO's scientists are focused on using hpSC to treat severe diseases of the eye, the nervous system and the liver where cell therapy has been proven clinically yet is limited by the availability of safe immune-matched human cells. (blogspot.com)
  • But if the stroma cells have very little pigment then the shorter blue wavelength of light interacts much more than red wavelengths and the blue light radiates throughout the iris causing it to look blue. (pceyeglasses.com)
  • The neural retina consists of several layers of neurons interconnected by synapses and is supported by an outer layer of pigmented epithelial cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • Pax6(-/-) cells contributed only poorly to the neural retina, forming small clumps of cells that were normally restricted to the ganglion cell layer at E16.5. (ed.ac.uk)
  • Pax6(-/-) cells in the retinal pigment epithelium could express Trp2, a component of the pigmentation pathway, at E14.5 and a small number went on to differentiate and produce pigment at E16.5. (ed.ac.uk)
  • The segregation and near-exclusion of mutant cells from the nasal epithelium mirrored the behaviour of mutant cells in other developmental contexts, particularly the lens, suggesting that common primary defects may be responsible for diverse Pax6-related phenotypes. (ed.ac.uk)
  • Moreover, vision is also affected by the light-sensitive cells in the retina, which is located at the back of the eyes. (worldtruth.tv)
  • Those seeking prevention of eye disease, or just protection of the cells, can target 40 to 80 mg daily in combination with other antioxidant vitamins or in fruit combinations, such as blueberry/bilberry/raspberry. (worldtruth.tv)
  • The pioneering treatment involved implanting an engineered patch of retinal pigment from epithelium cells under the retina to replace those that are damaged. (medscape.com)
Cornea7
Visual acuity1
Retinal vasculature1
Lens7
  • Subluxation or luxation of the lens causes a deepening of the anterior chamber and also a characteristic shivering of the lens when the eye moves (iridodonesis). (vin.com)
  • Normal easily distinguished variations include the suture lines of the lens, nuclear rings and small remnants of the hyaloid artery. (vin.com)
  • The reason is because the lens inside your eye continues to grow from the time you are born til the time you die. (pceyeglasses.com)
  • Small muscles attached to the lens can change its shape, allowing the eye to focus on objects at varying distances. (peacehealth.org)
  • Tightening (contraction) or relaxing these muscles causes the lens to change shape, allowing the eyes to focus on near or far objects (accommodation). (peacehealth.org)
  • Vitreous chamber: The vitreous chamber is between the lens and the back of the eye. (peacehealth.org)
  • Our ability to see things close and at a distance is affected by the length and the shape of the eyeballs, as well as the thickness of the eye lens. (worldtruth.tv)
Adenomas1
  • At birth, the eyes from many animals contained adenomas, and by day 27, mice developed invasive adenocarcinomas originating in the region of the ciliary body. (houstonmethodist.org)
Degeneration3
  • What is pigment degeneration? (xshotpix.com)
  • With long term use of computers, smart phones and other types of electronic screens, the muscles around the eyes do not relax to bring enough blood and oxygen to the retinas, which is critical in slowing down degeneration. (prlog.org)
  • Myopic degeneration refers to the progressive weakening of the retina and RPE because they are being stretched within a myopic eye. (occeyecare.ca)
Pigmentation2
  • The four strains, with coat pigmentation and outer eye appearance shown in Figure 1, are: heterozygous Mitf mi - vga9 /+ , homozygous Mitf mi - enu22 ( 398 ) , heterozygous Mitf - Mi - Wh /+ , and Mitf Mi - Wh / Mitf mi . (phoenixmicron.com)
  • The Phoenix MICRON ® IV images showed that the heterozygous Mitf - Mi - Wh /+ had hypopigmented retinas with large lack of pigmentation and reduced capillaries while the Mitf Mi - Wh / Mitf mi had eye dilation problems and a widespread lack of pigmentation in the retina (Fig 2). (phoenixmicron.com)
Ciliary body2
Druse1
  • Nearly all people over the age of 50 years have at least one small druse in one or both eyes (7). (macular.org)
Membrane2
  • Microelectrodes placed in the subretinal space, outside the apical membrane of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), differentially recorded the two components of the c-wave, retinal and pigment epithelial. (northwestern.edu)
  • This may serve as a model for changes in c-wave amplitude in other conditions and may be important in its own right in modulating transport or other membrane-potential-dependent functions of the pigment epithelium. (northwestern.edu)
Layer1
Abnormality1
  • García-Llorca et al study four Mitf mutant mice strains with normal eye size to examine the more subtle effects that an RPE gene abnormality might cause. (phoenixmicron.com)
Clinical5
  • Vanderbilt Eye Institute's Drs. Donahue and Tran chosen as inaugural members of Vanderbilt Academy for Excellent in Clinical Medicine. (vumc.org)
  • For later onset prcd, clinical signs (or even eye changes) may not be seen until the dog is 4 years of age or older. (malamute-health.org)
  • In an accompanying editorial , Judy Kim, MD, from the Department of Ophthalmology, The Eye Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, acknowledges the advantages of ocriplasmin treatment, such as providing a less invasive treatment option than surgery, and phase 2 and 3 clinical trials showing resolution of VMA and closure of macular holes with ocriplasmin treatment. (medscape.com)
  • In animals that exhibited clinical signs but survived infection, eyes had little to no inflammation and no LASV immunostaining 6 weeks after infection. (cdc.gov)
  • The extent of viral presence in the eye, the ocular structures targeted by LASV, and the clinical implications of ocular infection are unknown. (cdc.gov)
Vascular2
  • Anti-vascular endothelial growth factors (anti-VEGF) medications that are injected into the eye to prevent the overgrowth of blood vessels. (pinnaclecare.com)
  • En face OCT reflectance images which accompany OCTA studies offer a glimpse of the macrophage-like cellular activity above the retinal surface which responds to systemically instigated vascular events below. (stanford.edu)
Ocular4
  • αB crystallin is an abundant ocular protein that maintains ocular clarity and retinal homeostasis, and a small peptide from this protein (mini cry) displays neuroprotective properties. (nih.gov)
  • To examine ocular manifestations of LASV, we histologically examined eyes from infected guinea pigs. (cdc.gov)
  • Ocular Disease Therapeutics: Design and Delivery of Drugs for Diseases of the Eye. (chemdiv.com)
  • Because the eye is a superficial fluid filled structure, ultrasound is an easy to use modality for visualization of ocular pathology and anatomy [1] . (eyewiki.org)
Deposits1
  • These deposits are visible to a doctor who looks inside the eye. (xshotpix.com)
Vitreous gel1
  • Floaters result when pigment is released into the vitreous gel after a retinal tear develops. (everydayhealth.com)
Fundus1
  • Initial examination is performed by directing light into the eye to allow the reflex from the fundus (retroillumination). (vin.com)
Melanosomes2
Pax62
  • Retinal development starts with the establishment of the eye fields, which are mediated by the SIX3 and SHH proteins, with subsequent development of the optic vesicles, which are regulated by the LHX2 and PAX6 proteins. (vedantu.com)
  • The Pax6 role in eye development was elegantly demonstrated by Walter Gehring with his colleagues, who represented that ectopic expression of Pax6 can lead to the eye formation in Drosophila antennae, legs, and wings. (vedantu.com)
Blood vessels1
Vessels1
Adenocarcinoma1
Findings1
  • Gonioscopy findings of the two eyes are similar in almost all normotensive dogs. (vin.com)
Clumps1
Patients3
  • A complete ophthalmological examination, including autofluorescence, fluorescein angiography (FA), and Stratus OCT (Carl Zeiss) was performed in 49 eyes of 26 consecutive patients with FFM. (bmj.com)
  • Due to the extensive tension upon the retina caused by the enlarged length of the eye, patients may develop breaks in the retinal pigment epithelium. (occeyecare.ca)
  • and (3) elderly smoker or non-smoker AMD patients at risk for vision loss, prevented by daily eye drops of OT-551. (frontiersin.org)
Occurs2
Optic3
Lutein2
  • When looking for a bilberry supplement for the eye, choose one that also includes 10 to 20 mg lutein and 1 to 2 mg zeaxanthin. (worldtruth.tv)
  • Lutein, a carotenoid pigment found exclusively in fruit and vegetables, serves as the primary protector of the eye. (rvaf.com)
Iris5
  • However, 10-15% of Caucasian eyes change to a lighter color as they age, as pigment in the iris changes or degrades. (xshotpix.com)
  • Iris in the two eyes may be of different colors, heterochromia. (vin.com)
  • The iris contains small irregular folds. (vin.com)
  • Especially in older dogs of small breeds, the iris may be more or less atrophied. (vin.com)
  • The iris controls the amount of light that enters the eye by opening and closing the pupil. (peacehealth.org)
Defects1
  • Mutations are associated with the human diseases Waardenburg and Tietz syndrome and as well as small eye defects. (phoenixmicron.com)
Ophthalmology4
  • David Wallace, MD, MPH, the Marilyn K. Glick Professor and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology for Indiana University School of Medicine, has been named as the new chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and director of the Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) for Vanderbilt University Medical Center. (vumc.org)
  • After a long and impactful career at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Paul Sternberg, Jr., MD, is stepping down from his role as chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and director of the Vanderbilt Eye Institute, effective June 30, 2023. (vumc.org)
  • 3 Department Ophthalmology, USC Roski Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. (nih.gov)
  • The study was carried out for the London Project to Cure Blindness, a partnership between Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology, and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). (medscape.com)
Nutrients1
Occur4
  • Because the eye is the most active organ in the body, these flashes can occur very often. (everydayhealth.com)
  • However, when tears occur, they are usually recognized by the patient because of the presence of floaters , several tiny black dots moving in the visual field. (everydayhealth.com)
  • AMD can occur in both eyes, but it is also possible for the condition to only affect one eye. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In a smaller but significant percentage of cases, a complete PVD does not occur, and vitreoretinal traction may occur in regions of the retina that are near breaks which were unrelated to the PVD process. (aao.org)
Mice1
Inflammation1
  • Microphthalmia, cataracts, and chronic nongranulomatous inflammation involving the anterior and/or posterior segments of the eye were also found. (houstonmethodist.org)
Polyps1
  • Polyps and cancer also tend to develop a little later than in classic FAP, and the lifetime risk is a bit lower. (clevelandclinic.org)
Cones1
  • Fovea centralis, which is a pit at the rear of the Retina that contains no rods and holds the densest concentration of cones in the eye. (vedantu.com)
Light2
  • the microscope providing 10-20 x enlargements enables visualisation of small structures, and the light source, which can be directed into the eye at different angles and with a slit-formed light beam. (vin.com)
  • These muscles can control the amount of light entering the eye by making the pupil larger (dilated) or smaller (constricted). (peacehealth.org)
Cataract1
  • Another situation in which tiny specks are often seen is after cataract surgery and/or laser capsulotomy. (everydayhealth.com)
Protein2
  • Tiger-eye 1 is a missense mutation (c.272A>T and p.Phe91Tyr) in which a single adenine is replaced with a thymine in exon 2, changing a phenylalanine to a tyrosine in the resulting protein. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tiger-eye 2 is a deletion (c.875-340_1081+82del) in which the entirety of exon 7, and a bit of the introns on either side, are removed, resulting in a protein that is 69 amino acids shorter. (wikipedia.org)
Dilation1
  • One drop is applied in the eye and in a normal eye maximum dilation is achieved after approximately 20 minutes. (vin.com)