Assertion: glaucoma | /r/SimilarTo | alzheimer
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text: If you read past the headline of the reference you supplied, you will see that it says that "eye’s retina and optic nerve are a part of the brain" and glaucoma is like other age-related, brain-degenerative syndromes like Alzheimer's, Lou Gehrig's disease, the only difference being that the " 'specific area of the brain' affected is the eye and optic nerve".