The Cell and Molecular Biology of Glaucoma: Common neurodegenerative pathways and relevance to glaucoma
Creator
Stuart J. McKinnon, MD PhD
Affiliation
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Subject
Glaucoma; Cellular Pathologies; Neurodegeneration; Classifications of Neurodegenerations; Cellular Aging; Gene Regulation; Medical Knowledge; Patient Care; Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
Description
Glaucoma is an age-related, chronic neurodegeneration of the optic nerve. The molecular and cellular pathologies that characterize glaucoma are shared by other chronic neurodegenerations such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Therapies directed at treating chronic neurodegenerations could potentially be used to treat glaucoma, and conversely therapies that are successful in treating glaucoma could be used to treat other chronic neurodegenerations.
Date
2015-02-26
Language
eng
Format
video/mp4
Type
Image/MovingImage
Source
2015 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of
NANOS Annual Meeting 2015 The Neurology of Glaucoma
