Glaucoma
Subtitle: an open window to neurodegeneration and neuroprotection
By: edited by Carlo Nucci ... [et al.].
Series: Progress in brain research -- v. 173; Progress in brain research -- v. 173.
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 622
ISBN-13: 9780444532565
Subjects: Pharmacology; Physiopathology; Glaucoma; Glaucome; Nerve Tissue Proteins; Therapy; Treatment; Traitement; Prevention & control; Neuroprotective Agents; Physiology; Nerve Degeneration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Epidemiology of primary glaucoma: prevalence, incidence, and blinding effects -- -- 2.; title: Predictive models to estimate the risk of glaucoma development and progression -- -- 3.; title: Intraocular pressure and central corneal thickness -- -- 4.; title: Angle-closure: risk factors, diagnosis and treatment -- -- 5.; title: Early diagnosis of glaucoma -- -- 6.; title: Monitoring glaucoma progression -- -- 7.; title: Standard automated perimetry and algorithms for monitoring glaucoma progression -- -- 8.; title: Short-wavelength automated perimetry and frequency-doubling technology perimetry in glaucoma -- -- 9.; title: Scanning laser polarimetry and confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy: technical notes on their use in glaucoma -- -- 10.; title: The role of OCT in glaucoma management -- -- 11.; title: Functional laser Doppler flowmetry of the optic nerve: physiological aspects and clinical applications -- -- 12.; title: Advances in neuroimaging of the visual pathways and their use in glaucoma -- -- 13.; title: Primary open angle glaucoma: an overview of medical therapy -- -- 14.; title: The treatment of normal-tension glaucoma -- -- 15.; title: The management of exfoliative glaucoma -- -- 16.; title: Laser therapies for glaucoma: new frontiers -- -- 17.; title: Modulation of wound healing during and after glaucoma surgery -- -- 18.; title: Surgical alternative to trabeculectomy -- -- 19; title: Modern aqueous shunt implantation: future challenges -- -- 20. Model systems for experimental studies: retinal ganglion cells in culture -- 21.; title: Rat models for glaucoma research -- -- 22.; title: Mouse genetic models: an ideal system for understanding glaucomatous neurodegeneration and neuroprotection -- -- 23.; title: Clinical trials in neuroprotection.; title: 24.; title: Pathogenesis of ganglion "cell death" in glaucoma and neuroprotection: focus on ganglion cell axonal mitochondria -- -- 25.; title: Astrocytes in glaucomatous optic neuropathy -- -- 26.; title: Glaucoma as a neuropathy amenable to neuroprotection and immune manipulation -- -- 27.; title: Oxidative stress and glaucoma: injury in the anterior segment of the eye -- -- 28; title: TNF-alpha signaling in glaucomatous neurodegeneration -- -- 29.; title: Involvement of the Bc12 gene family in the signaling and control of retinal ganglion cell death -- -- 30.; title: Assessment of neuroprotection in the retina with DARC -- -- 31.; title: Potential roles of (endo)cannabinoids in the treatment of glaucoma: from intraocular pressure control to neuroprotection -- -- 32.; title: Glaucoma of the brain: a disease model for the study of transsynaptic neural degeneration -- -- 33.; title: Changes of central visual receptive fields on experimental glaucoma -- -- 34.; title: Targeting excitotoxic/free radical signaling pathways for therapeutic intervention in glaucoma --; title: Stem cells for neuroprotection in glaucoma -- -- 36.; title: The relationship between neurotrophic factors and CaMKII in the death and survival of retinal ganglion cells -- -- 37.; title: Evidence of the neuroprotective role of citicoline in glaucoma patients -- -- 38.; title: Neuroprotection: VEGF, IL-6, and clusterin: the dark side of the moon -- -- 39.; title: Rational basis for the development of coenzyme Q10 as a neurotherapeutic agent for retinal protection -- -- 40.; title: 17Beta-estradiol prevents retinal ganglion cell loss induced by the acute rise of intraocular pressure in rat.