Optic nerve head biomechanics in aging and disease

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-29

  Downs, J Crawford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Glaucoma; ONH; Optic nerve head; Sclera

Indexed keywords

AGING; AXONAL INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE HEAD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SCLERA; THICKNESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; OPTIC DISK; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 84925426385     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.02.011     Document Type: Review

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