Since 1987

Curcio, C.A., O. Packer and R.E. Kalina. 1987 A whole mount technique for sequential analysis of photoreceptor and ganglion cell topography in a single retina. Vision Res. 27:9-15.

Curcio, C.A., K.R. Sloan, Jr., O. Packer, A. Hendrickson and R.E. Kalina 1987 Distribution of cones in human and monkey retina: individual variability and radial asymmetry. Science 236:579-582. (cover picture)

Curcio, C.A., K.R. Sloan and D. Meyers 1989 Computer methods for sampling, reconstruction, display and analysis of retinal whole mounts. Vision Research 29:529-540.

Hirsch, J. and C.A. Curcio 1989 The spatial resolution capacity of human foveal retina. Vision Research 29:1095-1101.

Packer, O., A.E. Hendrickson and C.A. Curcio 1989 Photoreceptor topography of the adult pigtail macaque (Macaca nemestrina) retina. J. Comp. Neurol. 288:165-183.

Curcio, C.A., K.R. Sloan, R.E. Kalina and A.E. Hendrickson 1990 Human photoreceptor topography. J. Comp. Neurol. 292:497-523.
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Packer, O., A.E. Hendrickson and C.A.Curcio 1990 Developmental redistribution of photoreceptors across the Macaca nemestrina (pigtail macaque) retina. J. Comp. Neurol. 298:472-493.

Curcio, C.A. and K.A. Allen 1990 Topography of ganglion cells in human retina. J. Comp. Neurol. 300:5-25.
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Curcio, C.A., K.A. Allen, K.R. Sloan, C.L. Lerea, J.B. Hurley, I.B. Klock, and A.H. Milam 1991 Distribution and morphology of human cone photoreceptors stained with anti-blue opsin. J. Comp. Neurol. 312: 610-624.

Curcio, C.A., and K.R. Sloan 1992 Packing geometry of human cone photoreceptors: variation with eccentricity and evidence for local anisotropy. Vis. Neurosci. 9:169-180.

Curcio, C.A., and D.N. Drucker 1993 Retinal ganglion cells in Alzheimer's disease and aging. Ann. Neurol. 33:248-257.

Curcio, C.A., C. L. Millican, K.A. Allen, R.E. Kalina 1993 Aging of the human photoreceptor mosaic: evidence for selective vulnerability of rods in central retina. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 34:3278-3296.

Curcio, C.A., N.E. Medeiros, and C.L. Millican 1996 Photoreceptor loss in age-related macular degeneration. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 37:1236-1249.

Curcio, C.A., N.E. Medeiros, and C.L. Millican 1998 The Alabama Age-related Macular Degeneration Grading System for donor eyes. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 39:1085-1096.

Curcio, C.A., and C.L. Millican. 1999 Basal linear deposit and large drusen are specific for early age-related maculopathy. Arch. Ophthalmol. 117:329-339.

Curcio, C.A., P.L. Saunders, P.W. Younger, and G. Malek 2000 Peripapillary chorioretinal atrophy: Bruch's membrane changes and photoreceptor loss. Ophthalmology 107:334-343.

Curcio, C.A., C. Owsley, and G.R. Jackson 2000 Spare the rods, save the cones in aging and age-related maculopathy. New Developments, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 41:2015-2018.

Dithmar, S., C.A. Curcio, N.-A. Le, S. Brown, and H. Grossniklaus 2000 Ultrastructural changes in Bruch's membrane of apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 41:2035-2042.

Milam AH, Curcio CA, Cideciyan AV, Saxena, S, John, S.K., Kruth, H.S., Malek, G., Heckenlively, J.R., Weleber, R.G., Jacobson, S.G. 2000 Dominant late-onset retinal degeneration with regional variation of sub-RPE deposits, retinal function, and photoreceptor degeneration. Ophthalmology 107:2256-2266.

Curcio, C.A., Millican, C.L., Bailey, T., and Kruth, H.S. 2001 Accumulation of cholesterol with age in human Bruch's membrane. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 42:265-274.

Medeiros, N.E., and C.A. Curcio. 2001 Preservation of ganglion cell layer neurons in age-related macular degeneration. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci..42:795-803.

Dithmar, S., N.A. Sharara, C.A. Curcio, N.-A. Le, Y. Zhang, S. Brown, and H.E. Grossniklaus 2001 Murine high fat diet/ laser photochemical model of basal deposits in Bruch's membrane. Arch. Ophthalmol. 119:1643-1649.

Guidry, C., N.E. Medeiros, and C.A. Curcio. 2002 Phenotypic variation of retinal pigment epithelium in age-related macular degeneration. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 43: 267-273.

Hoang, Q.V., R. Linsenmeier, C.K. Chung, and C.A. Curcio 2002 Photoreceptor inner segments in monkey and human retina: mitochondrial density, optics, and regional variation. Visual Neuroscience 19: 395-407. (cover picture)

Malek, G., C.-M. Li, C. Guidry, N.E. Medeiros, and Curcio, C.A. 2003 Apolipoprotein B in cholesterol-containing drusen and basal deposits in eyes with age-related maculopathy. Am. J. Pathol. 162:413-425.

Ruberti, J.W., Curcio, C.A., Millican, C.L., Menco, B.P.M., Huang, J.D., Johnson, J. An age-related ‘lipid wall’ in human Bruch’s membrane. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 44: 1753-1759 (cover picture)

McGwin, G., Jr., Owsley, C., Curcio, C.A., Crain, R.J., 2003. The association between statin use and age-related maculopathy. Br J Ophthalmol 87 , 1121-1125.

Vogt, S. D., Barnum, S. R., Curcio, C. A., Read, R. W., 2006. Distribution of complement anaphylatoxin receptors and membrane-bound regulators in normal human retina. Exp Eye Res 83.

Li, C. M., Clark, M. E., Chimento, M. F., Curcio, C. A., 2006. Apolipoprotein localization in isolated drusen and retinal apolipoprotein gene expression. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47, 3119-3128.

Dashti, N., McGwin, G., Jr, Owsley, C., Curcio, C. A., 2006. Plasma apolipoproteins and risk for age-related maculopathy. Br J Ophthalmol 90, 1028 - 1033.

Curcio, C. A. f. t. R. T. A. W. G., 2006. Declining availability of human eye tissues for research. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47, 2747-2749.

Chowers, I., Wong, R., Dentchev, T., Farkas, R. H., Iacovelli, J., Gunatilaka, T. L., Medeiros, N. E., Presley, J. B., Campochiaro, P. A., Curcio, C. A., et al., 2006. The iron carrier transferrin is upregulated in retinas from patients with age-related macular degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47, 2135–2140.

Anderson, M. D., Dawson, W. W., Martinez-Gonzalez, J., Curcio, C. A., 2006. Drusenoid lesions and lipid-filled retinal pigment epithelium cells in a rhesus macula. Vet Ophthalmol 9, 201-207.

Li, C. M., Chung, B. H., Presley, J. B., Malek, G., Zhang, X., Dashti, N., Li, L., Chen, J., Bradley, K., Kruth, H. S., Curcio, C. A., 2005. Lipoprotein-like particles and cholesteryl esters in human Bruch's membrane: initial characterization. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 46, 2576-2586.

Li, C.-M., Presley, J. B., Zhang, X., Dashti, N., Chung, B. H., Medeiros, N. E., Guidry, C., Curcio, C. A., 2005. Retina expresses microsomal triglyceride transfer protein: implications for age-related maculopathy. J Lipid Res 46, 628 - 640.

Jackson, G. R., Curcio, C. A., Sloan, K. R., Owsley, C., 2005. Photoreceptor degeneration in aging and age-related maculopathy. In Macular Degeneration, P. L. Penfold, J. M. Provis, eds. (Berlin, Springer-Verlag), pp. 45-62.

Curcio, C. A., Presley, J. B., Millican, C. L., Medeiros, N. E., 2005. Basal deposits and drusen in eyes with age-related maculopathy: evidence for solid lipid particles. Exp Eye Res 80, 761-775.

Curcio, C. A., Presley, J. B., Medeiros, N. E., Malek, G., Avery, D. V., Kruth, H. S., 2005. Esterified and unesterified cholesterol in drusen and basal deposits of eyes with age-related maculopathy. Exp Eye Res 81(6), 731-741.

Curcio, C. A., Li, C.-M., Chung, B. H., Presley, J. B., Malek, G., Zhang, X., Dashti, N., Li, L., Chen, J., 2005. Lipoprotein-like particles (LLP) in human Bruch's membrane: isolation and initial characterization. ARVO E-abstract 3007.

Curcio, C. A., 2005. Imaging maculopathy in the post-mortem human retina. Vision Res 45, 3496-3503.

Chung, B. H., Mishra, V., Franklin, F., Liang, P., Doran, S., Curcio, C. A., 2005. Phosphatidylcholine-rich acceptors, but not native HDL or its apolipoproteins, mobilize cholesterol from cholesterol-rich insoluble components of human atherosclerotic plaques. Biochem Biophys Acta 1733, 76-89.

Anderson, M. D., Dawson, W. W., Martinez-Gonzalez, J., Curcio, C. A., 2006. Drusenoid lesions and lipid-filled retinal pigment epithelium cells in a rhesus macula. Vet Ophthalmol 9, 201-207.

Chowers, I., Wong, R., Dentchev, T., Farkas, R. H., Iacovelli, J., Gunatilaka, T. L., Medeiros, N. E., Presley, J. B., Campochiaro, P. A., Curcio, C. A., et al., 2006. The iron carrier transferrin is upregulated in retinas from patients with age-related macular degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47, 2135–2140.

Curcio, C. A. f. t. R. T. A. W. G., 2006. Declining availability of human eye tissues for research. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47, 2747-2749.

Dashti, N., McGwin, G., Jr, Owsley, C., Curcio, C. A., 2006. Plasma apolipoproteins and risk for age-related maculopathy. Br J Ophthalmol 90, 1028 - 1033.

Li, C.-M., Clark, M. E., Chimento, M. F., Curcio, C. A., 2006. Apolipoprotein localization in isolated drusen and retinal apolipoprotein gene expression. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47, 3119-3128.

Vogt, S. D., Barnum, S. R., Curcio, C. A., Read, R. W., 2006. Distribution of complement anaphylatoxin receptors and membrane-bound regulators in normal human retina. Exp Eye Res 83, 834-840.

Drasdo, N., Millican, C. L., Katholi, C. R., Curcio, C. A., 2007. The length of Henle fibers in the human retina and a model of ganglion receptive field density in the visual field. Vis Research 47, 2901-2911.

Huang, J.-D., Presley, J. B., Chimento, M. F., Curcio, C. A., Johnson, M., 2007. Age-related changes in human macular Bruch’s membrane as seen by quick-freeze/deep-etch. Exp Eye Res 85, 202-218.

Johnson, M., Huang, J.-D., Presley, J. B., Chimento, M. F., Curcio, C. A., 2007. Comparison of morphology of human macular and peripheral Bruch’s membrane in older eyes. Current Eye Research 32, 791-799.

Li, C.-M., Clark, M., Rudolf, M., Curcio, C. A., 2007. Distribution and composition of esterified and unesterified cholesterol in extra- macular drusen. Exp Eye Res 85, 192-201.

Huang, J.-D., Curcio, C. A., Johnson, M., 2008. Morphometric analysis of lipoprotein-like particle accumulation in aging human macular Bruch’s membrane. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49, 2721-2727.

McCarty, W. J., Chimento, M. F., Curcio, C. A., Johnson, M., 2008. Effects of particulates and lipids on the hydraulic conductivity of Matrigel. J Appl Physiology 105, 621-628.

Rudolf, M., Clark, M. E., Chimento, M., Li, C.-M., Medeiros, N. E., Curcio, C. A., 2008. Prevalence and morphology of druse types in the macula and periphery of eyes with age-related maculopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49, 1200-1209.

Rudolf, M., Malek, G., Messinger, J. D., Wang, L., Clark, M. E., Curcio, C. A., 2008. Sub-retinal drusenoid deposits in human retina: organization and composition. Exp Eye Res 87, 402–408.

Rudolf, M., Curcio, C. A., 2009. Esterified cholesterol is highly localized to Bruch's membrane, as revealed by lipid histochemistry in wholemounts of human choroid. J Histochem Cytochem in press, 4/2/09.

Curcio, C. A., Rudolf, M., Wang, L., 2009. Histochemistry and lipid profiling combine for insights into aging and age-related maculopathy. In Methods in Molecular Biology/ Lipomics, D. Armstrong, ed. (New York, Humana Press).