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Structure of nucleus of lens

Known as: Nucleus lentis, Crystalline Lens Nucleus, Nucleus of lens 
The core of the crystalline lens, surrounded by the cortex.
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Review
2011
Review
2011
The ageing lens and cataract: a model of normal and pathological ageing
  • R. MichaelA. Bron
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B…
  • 2011
  • Corpus ID: 9981319
Cataract is a visible opacity in the lens substance, which, when located on the visual axis, leads to visual loss. Age-related… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
In vivo measurement of age-related stiffening in the crystalline lens by Brillouin optical microscopy.
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Radiocarbon Dating of the Human Eye Lens Crystallines Reveal Proteins without Carbon Turnover throughout Life
Background Lens crystallines are special proteins in the eye lens. Because the epithelial basement membrane (lens capsule… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Age-related nuclear cataract-oxidation is the key.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Massive increase in the stiffness of the human lens nucleus with age: the basis for presbyopia?
PURPOSE To determine the stiffness of different regions of human lenses as a function of age, and to correlate the biophysical… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The increasing sclerosis of the human lens with age and its relevance to accommodation and presbyopia
By means of a fine conical probe and a miniature dynamometer, the resistance to penetration of different lens layers was measured… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
The Ageing Lens
The human lens grows by a process of epithelial cell division at its equator and the formation of generations of differentiated… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
α-Crystallin as a molecular chaperone
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Sequence analysis of lens beta-crystallins suggests involvement of calpain in cataract formation.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
The state of sulphydryl groups in normal and cataractous human lenses.
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