Structural and functional impairment of the retina and optic nerve in Alzheimer's disease

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 782-788

  Moschos, Marilita M ^a   Markopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Chatziralli, Irini ^a   Rouvas, Alexandros ^b   Papageorgiou, Sokratis G ^a   Ladas, Ioannis ^a   Vassilopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Eye; Impairment; MfERG; OCT; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; FOVEAL THICKNESS; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MACULAR THICKNESS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC SCANNER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84866679073     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: 18755828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720512802455340     Document Type: Article

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