Optic Atrophy - Pathology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Morphological changes in the visual pathway induced by experimental glaucoma in Japanese monkeys.

29 Mar 2009 Glaucoma, an optic neuropathy, is the leading cause of world blindness. In this condition, the damage extends from the retina to the visual center in the brain, although the primary region of damage is thought to be the optic nerve head (ONH), with ... Read more...

Mitochondrial disorder with OPA1 mutation lacking optic atrophy.

18 Mar 2009 OPA1 is highly expressed in retina and optic nerve. OPA1 mutations were first identified in patients with non-syndromic autosomal dominant optic atrophy. Recently, OPA1 mutations were detected in a multisystemic disorder which has optic atrophy as ... Read more...

Carpenter syndrome.

30 Dec 2008 Carpenter syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that belongs to a group of rare craniosynostosis syndromes (Bull Soc Med Paris 1906;23:1310). Carpenter syndrome is the rarest, with only occasional patients seen. There are 3 common features ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Optic Atrophy - Pathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Morphological changes in the visual pathway induced by experimental glaucoma in Japanese monkeys. 29 Mar 2009
• Mitochondrial disorder with OPA1 mutation lacking optic atrophy. 18 Mar 2009
• Carpenter syndrome. 30 Dec 2008
• Abnormal optic disc and retinal vessels in children with surgically treated hydrocephalus. 21 Dec 2008
• Psychiatric symptoms in a patient with Wolfram syndrome caused by a combination of thalamic deficit and endocrinological pathologies. 15 Dec 2008
• Putaminal necrosis due to methanol toxicity. 29 Nov 2008
• Two Spanish families with Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2A: clinical, electrophysiological and molecular findings. 6 Nov 2008
• Elevated intraocular pressure, optic nerve atrophy, and impaired retinal development in ODAG transgenic mice. 10 Sep 2008
• Loss of myelinated retinal nerve fibers from chronic papilledema. 30 Aug 2008
• Anatomic relationships between disc hemorrhage and parapapillary atrophy. 21 Aug 2008
• Disagreement between Heidelberg Retina Tomograph and optical coherence tomography in assessing optic nerve head configuration of eyes with band atrophy and normal eyes. 26 Jul 2008
• Association of beta zone of parapapillary atrophy with age-related macular degeneration in adult Chinese. The Beijing Eye Study. 17 Jul 2008
• Comparison of retinal nerve fiber layer measurements using Stratus OCT fast and regular scan protocols in eyes with band atrophy of the optic nerve and normal controls. 29 Jun 2008
• Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography and adaptive optics reveal nerve fiber layer loss and photoreceptor changes in a patient with optic nerve drusen. 30 May 2008
• [Optic atrophy subsequent to epiretinal triamcinolone deposits in an eye following inner limiting membrane peeling] 30 May 2008
• Madras motor neuron disease (MMND): clinical description and survival pattern of 116 patients from Southern India seen over 36 years (1971-2007). 5 Feb 2008
• Rathke's cleft cyst--an uncommon cause of headache in a young boy. 30 Oct 2007
• A boy with severe craniodiaphyseal dysplasia and apparently normal mother. 13 Oct 2007
• Serial MRI in a child with PEHO syndrome. 29 Sep 2007
• Optic atrophy after sildenafil use. 29 Jun 2007

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Technical information about 'Optic Atrophy'

Definition: Atrophy of the optic disk which may be congenital or acquired. This condition indicates a deficiency in the number of nerve fibers which arise in the RETINA and converge to form the OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC CHIASM; and optic tracts. GLAUCOMA; ISCHEMIA; inflammation, a chronic elevation of intracranial pressure, toxins, optic nerve compression, and inherited conditions (see OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY) are relatively common causes of this condition.

Descriptor UI: D009896

Alternative terms: Optic Atrophy; Atrophy, Optic;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.292.700.225; C11.640.451;

Technical Notes: /genet permitted but do not confuse with OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY