Glaucoma neuroprotection
By: Robert N. Weinreb.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Subjects: Glaucoma -- Treatment; Optic nerve -- Diseases -- Treatment; Neuroophthalmology; Glaucoma -- prevention & control; Neurodegenerative Diseases -- prevention & control
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Neurobiologic rationale for neuroprotection; title: The role of glutamate in neurodegenerative diseases including glaucoma; title: Neuroprotection with memantine in Alzheimers disease; title: Rationale for memantine in the treatment of glaucoma; title: Evidence for neuroprotection; title: Alpha-2 agonists and neuronal survival in glaucoma; title: Neuronal degeneration; title: Measuring neuroprotection in glaucoma clinical trials; title: Event- and trend-based visual field analyses in clinical trials of glaucoma neuroprotection; title: The low-pressure glaucoma treatment study.