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Choh, Vivian https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8197-4082
Gurdita, Akshay
Tan, Bingyao
Feng, Yunwei
Bizheva, Kostadinka
McCulloch, Daphne L.
Joos, Karen M.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Discovery)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Discovery)
Canadian Foundation for Innovation (Leaders Opportunity Fund)
University of Waterloo (CIHR Research Incentive Fund)
University of Waterloo (Propel Centre Disease Prevention Initiative Seed Grant)
Joseph Ellis Family (Glaucoma Research Fund)
William Black (Glaucoma Research Fund)
National Institutes of Health (6P30EY008126-28)
Research to Prevent Blindness (Unrestricted Departmental Grant)
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Article History
Received: 1 November 2016
Accepted: 31 May 2017
First Online: 21 June 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: AG presented some of this work at the ARVO 2016 Meeting and was supported with travel grants from NSERC (VC), the School of Optometry and Vision Science and the Graduate Studies Office at the University of Waterloo. VC is a co-applicant on a patent describing work supported by the NSERC Grant but not related to the subject matter. The authors certify that they have no other affiliations with or involvement in any organisation or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or conflicting non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. All procedures performed in studies involving animals were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution or practice at which the studies were conducted.
: This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors.
: All procedures were carried out in accordance with the Canadian Council of Animal Care (University of Waterloo) and/or the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (Vanderbilt University) and conformed to the ARVO statement for the use of animals. Eleven-week-old (~300 g) male Sprague-Dawley rats (Harlan Labs, Indianapolis, Indiana) were fed <i>ad libitum</i>.
: As this article does not contain any studies with human participants performed directly by any of the authors, the concept of informed consent is not applicable.
