Sympathetic nervous system activity is associated with choroidal thickness and axial length in school-aged children

Conclusions
We hypothesised that chronic stress characterised by elevated level of the SNS, was associated with significant increase in AL elongation, probably through thinning of the choroid.

Source: British Journal of Ophthalmology - February 21, 2024 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Lin, S., Zhu, B., Wang, T., Wang, H., Xu, X., Wang, S., Yin, Y., Xiang, Z., Qian, Y., Zhang, Z., Cui, L., Zou, H., He, X., Zhu, J., Ma, Y. Tags: Open access Retina Source Type: research