Rho kinase inhibitors as a novel treatment for glaucoma and ocular hypertension

AP Tanna, M Johnson - Ophthalmology, 2018 - Elsevier
In an elegant example of bench-to-bedside research, a hypothesis that cells in the outflow
pathway actively regulate conventional outflow resistance was proposed in the 1990s and …

[HTML][HTML] Neurovascular dysfunction in glaucoma

L Alarcon-Martinez, Y Shiga… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Retinal ganglion cells, the neurons that die in glaucoma, are endowed with a high
metabolism requiring optimal provision of oxygen and nutrients to sustain their activity. The …

Normal‐tension glaucoma: current concepts and approaches‐a review

DYL Leung, CC Tham - Clinical & experimental ophthalmology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Normal tension glaucoma (NTG) has remained a challenging disease. We review, from an
epidemiological perspective, why we should redefine normality, act earlier at lower pre …

The neurovascular unit in glaucomatous neurodegeneration

LK Wareham, DJ Calkins - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease of the visual system and leading cause of
blindness worldwide. The disease is associated with sensitivity to intraocular pressure (IOP) …

Assessment of flow dynamics in retinal and choroidal microcirculation

X Wei, PK Balne, KE Meissner, VA Barathi… - Survey of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Alterations in ocular blood flow have been implicated in mechanisms that lead to vision loss
in patients with various ocular disorders such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and age …

Retinal neurovascular coupling in diabetes

G Garhöfer, J Chua, B Tan, D Wong, D Schmidl… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Neurovascular coupling, also termed functional hyperemia, is one of the physiological key
mechanisms to adjust blood flow in a neural tissue in response to functional activity. In the …

[HTML][HTML] Update on the prevalence, etiology, diagnosis, and monitoring of normal-tension glaucoma

KE Kim, KH Park - Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016 - Elsevier
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) is a
type of open-angle glaucoma with intraocular pressure measurements always 21 mm Hg or …

Advancing prediction of age-related vascular cognitive impairment based on peripheral and retinal vascular health in a pilot study: a novel comprehensive …

T Csipo, A Lipecz, P Mukli, A Péterfi, Z Szarvas… - GeroScience, 2024 - Springer
With a growing elderly population in the European Union, age-related diseases associated
with unhealthy aging pose increasing public health challenges, including a loss of …

Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NA-AION): a comprehensive overview

ML Salvetat, F Pellegrini, L Spadea, C Salati… - Vision, 2023 - mdpi.com
Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NA-AION) represents one of the most
important causes of blindness or severely impaired vision in middle-aged and elderly …

Altered coupling of cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity strength in visual and higher order cognitive cortices in primary open angle glaucoma

Q Wang, X Qu, W Chen, H Wang… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) has been suggested to be a neurodegenerative
disease associated with altered cerebral vascular hemodynamics and widespread …