The optic nerve head as a biomechanical structure: A new paradigm for understanding the role of IOP-related stress and strain in the pathophysiology of glaucomatous optic nerve head damage

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-73

  Burgoyne, Claude F ^a,b   Crawford Downs, J ^a,b   Bellezza, Anthony J ^a,b   Francis Suh, J K ^b   Hart, Richard T ^b  

^a LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DAMAGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; SCLERA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE INJURY; VISCOELASTICITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; STRESS;

EID: 8844276650     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2004.06.001     Document Type: Review

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