Cellular responses following retinal injuries and therapeutic approaches for neurodegenerative diseases

N Cuenca, L Fernández-Sánchez, L Campello… - Progress in retinal and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Retinal neurodegenerative diseases like age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma,
diabetic retinopathy and retinitis pigmentosa each have a different etiology and …

Retinal changes in Alzheimer's disease—integrated prospects of imaging, functional and molecular advances

VB Gupta, N Chitranshi, J den Haan, M Mirzaei… - Progress in retinal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder of the brain, clinically
characterised by cognitive deficits that gradually worsen over time. There is, at present, no …

[HTML][HTML] Apolipoprotein E4 impairs the response of neurodegenerative retinal microglia and prevents neuronal loss in glaucoma

MA Margeta, Z Yin, C Madore, KM Pitts, SM Letcher… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Summary The apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) allele is associated with an increased risk of
Alzheimer disease and a decreased risk of glaucoma, but the underlying mechanisms …

Improvement in inner retinal function in glaucoma with nicotinamide (vitamin B3) supplementation: A crossover randomized clinical trial

F Hui, J Tang, PA Williams… - Clinical & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Importance Retinal ganglion cells endure significant metabolic stress in glaucoma but
maintain capacity to recover function. Nicotinamide, a precursor of NAD+, is low in serum of …

Inducible rodent models of glaucoma

IH Pang, AF Clark - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2020 - Elsevier
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of vision impairment worldwide. In order to further
understand the molecular pathobiology of this disease and to develop better therapies …

Retinal energy metabolism in health and glaucoma

RJ Casson, G Chidlow, JG Crowston… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy metabolism refers to the processes by which life transfers energy to do cellular work.
The retina's relatively large energy demands make it vulnerable to energy insufficiency. In …

[HTML][HTML] Electrophysiological assessment of retinal ganglion cell function

V Porciatti - Experimental eye research, 2015 - Elsevier
The function of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) can be non-invasively assessed in
experimental and genetic models of glaucoma by means of variants of the ERG technique …

Retinal electrophysiology in central nervous system disorders. A review of human and mouse studies

PA Constable, JKH Lim, DA Thompson - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The retina and brain share similar neurochemistry and neurodevelopmental origins, with the
retina, often viewed as a “window to the brain.” With retinal measures of structure and …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding glaucomatous damage: anatomical and functional data from ocular hypertensive rodent retinas

M Vidal-Sanz, M Salinas-Navarro… - Progress in retinal and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Glaucoma, the second most common cause of blindness, is characterized by a progressive
loss of retinal ganglion cells and their axons, with a concomitant loss of the visual field …

The polymodal ion channel transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 modulates calcium flux, spiking rate, and apoptosis of mouse retinal ganglion cells

DA Ryskamp, P Witkovsky, P Barabas… - Journal of …, 2011 - Soc Neuroscience
Sustained increase in intraocular pressure represents a major risk factor for eye disease, yet
the cellular mechanisms of pressure transduction in the posterior eye are essentially …