What Changes Can We Expect in the Brain of Glaucoma Patients?

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Gupta, Neeru ^a,c,d   Yücel, Yeni H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical neurophysiology; excitotoxicity; glaucoma; human; lateral geniculate nucleus; neuroimaging; neuroprotection; optic nerve; oxidative injury; psychophysics; retinal ganglion cells; visual cortex

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

BRAIN; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 35848951394     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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