Age-related antioxidant capacity of the vitreous and its possible relationship with simultaneous changes in photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium and Bruchsʹ membrane in human donorsʹ eyes

It is well established that the retina undergoes several decremental functional and structural changes with age, and it has been suggested that most of these age-related changes may be mainly due to oxidative stress through light-induced mechanisms. While