The role of microglia in retinal neurodegeneration: Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson, and glaucoma

AI Ramirez, R de Hoz, E Salobrar-Garcia… - Frontiers in aging …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Microglia, the immunocompetent cells of the central nervous system (CNS), act as
neuropathology sensors and are neuroprotective under physiological conditions. Microglia …

The molecular basis of retinal ganglion cell death in glaucoma

M Almasieh, AM Wilson, B Morquette… - Progress in retinal and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Glaucoma is a group of diseases characterized by progressive optic nerve degeneration that
results in visual field loss and irreversible blindness. A crucial element in the …

Glaucoma: the retina and beyond

BM Davis, L Crawley, M Pahlitzsch, F Javaid… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
Over 60 million people worldwide are diagnosed with glaucomatous optic neuropathy,
which is estimated to be responsible for 8.4 million cases of irreversible blindness globally …

Axons of retinal ganglion cells are insulted in the optic nerve early in DBA/2J glaucoma

GR Howell, RT Libby, TC Jakobs, RS Smith… - The Journal of cell …, 2007 - rupress.org
Here, we use a mouse model (DBA/2J) to readdress the location of insult (s) to retinal
ganglion cells (RGCs) in glaucoma. We localize an early sign of axon damage to an …

Glaucoma as a neurodegenerative disease

N Gupta, YH Yücel - Current opinion in ophthalmology, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Glaucoma as a neurodegenerative disease is a valid working hypothesis to understand
neural injury in the visual system. This paradigm may stimulate the discovery of innovative …

What is the present pathogenetic concept of glaucomatous optic neuropathy?

J Flammer, M Mozaffarieh - Survey of ophthalmology, 2007 - Elsevier
Glaucomatous optic neuropathy implies loss of neural tissue, activation of glial cells, tissue
remodeling, and change of blood flow. The blood flow reduction is not only secondary but …

[HTML][HTML] Spectral domain optical coherence tomography for glaucoma (an AOS thesis)

JS Schuman - Transactions of the American Ophthalmological …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a rapidly evolving, robust technology that
has profoundly changed the practice of ophthalmology. Spectral domain OCT (SD-OCT) …

Structural brain abnormalities in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma: a study with 3T MR imaging

WW Chen, N Wang, S Cai, Z Fang… - … & visual science, 2013 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: Weexamined changes of the central nervous system in patients with advanced
primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). Methods.: The clinical observational study included …

Therapeutic drugs and devices for tackling ocular hypertension and glaucoma, and need for neuroprotection and cytoprotective therapies

NA Sharif - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Damage to the optic nerve and the death of associated retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) by
elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), also known as glaucoma, is responsible for visual …

Glaucoma and the brain: trans-synaptic degeneration, structural change, and implications for neuroprotection

M Lawlor, H Danesh-Meyer, LA Levin… - Survey of …, 2018 - Elsevier
A recent hypothesis to enter the literature suggests that glaucoma is a neurodegenerative
disease. The basis for this has been the finding of central nervous system changes in …