The Alfredo A. Sadun Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: A Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery at the USC Keck School of Medicine, Dr. Sadun with a team of researchers at the Doheny Eye Institute pioneered research in optic nerve dysfunction in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Contains his "100 best lectures." Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD, Flora L. Thornton Chair, Professor Ophthalmology & Neurological Surgery, Doheny Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine at USC.
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How Mitochondria Orchestrate the Death of RGCs : From Brazil to Tuebingen to Rochester 2007 | Slides showing LHON and Kjer's optic atrophy and images of optic disk with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Reactive oxygen species. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma; Telangiectasis; Apoptosis; Dyschromatopsia; Blindness. | Text |
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Optic Neuritis Treatment Trials | Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic neuritis; Multiple sclerosis. Treatment: Methylprednisolone; Prednisone; Solumedrol. | Text |
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Acute Retrobulbar Optical Neuropathy | PPT covering acute retrobulbar optic neuropathy, including ischemic, inflammatory, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION); includes brainscan images for optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis; optic disk with LHON and PION. Anatomy: Opt... | Text |
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Anatomy and Physiology of Vision: The Visual Pathways | Introduction to neuro-ophthalmology, covering the optic nerve, the afferent visual system (eye to brain), the pupil (Afferent-Efferent Reflex), and the efferent visual system (eye movements). Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disc; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Optic chiasm; Visual cortex. Disease/Diagn... | Text |
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Pupils and Fields: The Importance of Assessing the Optic Nerve | Presenting Symptom: Anisocoria; Adie syndrome; Scotoma; Afferent pupillary defect; Horner Syndrome; Edema; Papilledema; Optic nerve; Pupil; Optic disc. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Pupil; Optic disc. Disease/Diagnosis: Afferent pupillary defect; Horner Syndrome; Edema; Papilledema. | Text |
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Optic Disc Edema: Evaluating the Swollen Disc | Presentation at AAO 2007 meeting, distinguishing Optic disc edema from papilledema. Includes several images of optic disc, normal and with edema and papilledema. Anatomy: Optic disc. Disease/Diagnosis: Retinal edema; Papilledema | Text |
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Visual Cortex and Weird Phenomena (Anton's to Riddoch's) | Presenting Symptom: Alexia, Pure; Agraphia; Prosopagnosia; Palinopsia; Geschwind's Syndrome; Apraxia. Anatomy: Visual cortex; Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Aphasia; Hallucinations, Visual; Anton's Syndrome; Visual Agnosia; Blindness, Cortical; Cortical paralysis of fixation syndrome; Alzheimer's S... | Text |
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The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's (ACGME) The New Competences | Presented at the PAAA/AAO Symposium on Teaching Residents Ophthalmology in the 21st Century, in Buenos Aires, July 2007 | Text |
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Teaching in the Operating Room | Presented at the PAAA/AAO Symposium on Teaching Residents Ophthalmology in the 21st Century, in Buenos Aires, July 2007. Treatment: Neurosurgery. | Text |
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Teaching Residents Ophthalmology in the 21st Century | Discusses teaching residents Ophthalmology. Covers issues relating to accreditation and the history of the ACGME. Accreditation criteria and core competencies are outlined. | Text |
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Viagra and Vision Loss: Does Sex Make You Blind? | Presenting symptom: Hypotension. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disc; Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 5. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic; Toxic optic neuropathy. | Text |
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Mitochondrial Optic Neuropathy: Mitochondria as Gatekeepers for Apoptosis | Presentation at Harvard in 2006, focussing on Leber's Heriditary Optic Neuropathy; includes several images of optic nerve and optic disk with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk; Retinal ganglion cells. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve diseases; Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom:... | Text |
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An Epidemic of Blindness in Cuba: Lessons on Nutrition and Mitochondria | Presented at Stanford in April 2007, recapping the 1990s expedition to Cuba to investigate causes of blindness epidemic. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve diseases; Alcoholic neuropathy. Treatment: Folate. Presenting Symptom: Ambliopia; Ataxia; Paresthesia; Hyporeflexia. | Text |
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Optic Disc Edema: Evaluating the Swollen Disc | Presentation at AAO 2006 meeting, distinguishing Optic disc edema from papilledema; includes several images of optic disc, normal and with edema and papilledema. Anatomy: Optic disc. Disease/Diagnosis: Retinal edema; Papilledema | Text |
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Are IV Steroids and Anti-Platelet Agents Indicated in Every Case of GCA? | From a debate at a meeting in Canada in Sept. 2006, with Sadun taking the "pro" position. Disease/Diagnosis: Giant cell arteritis. Treatment: Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Solumedrol; Prednisone; Aspirin. | Text |
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Cushing and Ophthalmology | From a lecture at Yale in 2006, reviewing the life of Harvey Cushing, the founder of neurosurgery. Anatomy: Optic chiasm; Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Pituitary adenoma; Papilledema; X-linked hydrocephalus syndrome; Optic nerve glioma; Graves ophthalmopathy; Mucocele; Pituitary apoplexy; Optic ne... | Text |
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Management Approach to Isolated Ocular Motor Nerve Palsies | Anatomy: Optic nerve; Oculomotor nerve; Trochlear nerve; Abducens nerve; Pupil. Disease/Diagnosis: Oculomotor nerve diseases; Trochlear nerve diseases; Oculomotor nerve paralysis; Fourth cranial nerve palsy; Abducens nerve diseases; Gradenigo's syndrome; Ophthalmoplegia; Temporal Arteritis; Nerve co... | Text |
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Viagra and Vision Loss: Does Sex Make You Blind? | At a formal debate during a meeting in Canada in Sept. 2006, Sadun was assigned the role of arguing the case FOR a connection between taking phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitors and developing anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Presenting Symptom: Hypotension. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disc; Cyc... | Text |
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Atypical Optic Neuropathies | A discussion of atypical optic neuropathies. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disc. Pathology: Slides showing LHON. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic neuropathy, Ischemic; Optic atrophy, Hereditary, Leber; Toxic optic neuropathy. Presenting Symptom: Optic neuritis; Eye hemorrhage; Retinal vasculitis; Dyschromatop... | Text |
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Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON): New Rules of Engagement | Slide presentation with several images of optic nerve and optic disk with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk; Retinal ganglion cells; Reactive oxygen species. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom: Blindness. | Text |
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Visual Variants in Nature | Comparison of visual systems of various species. Anatomy: Retina; Pupil; Cones (Retina); Rods (Retina); Lens, Crystalline. | Text |
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Why You Should Prescribe Goggles to a Box Jellyfish | A discussion of the box jellyfish eye and visual system. Anatomy: Retina; Lens, Crystalline. | Text |
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Mitochondrial Optic Neuropathy: Mitochondria as Gatekeepers for Apoptosis | Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Reactive oxygen species. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber; Toxic optic neuropathy. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma; Dyschromatopsia. | Text |
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Toxic Optic Neuropathies: Mitochondria and the RGC | Discussion of various forms of mitrochondrial optic neuropathies and how to distinguish from toxic optic neuropathies, with examples from Cuba and Brazil; includes images of optic disc showing LHON. Presenting Symptom: Blindness; Scotoma; Telangiectasis; Apoptosis; Dyschromatopsia. Anatomy: Optic ne... | Text |
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Prognosis for Vision in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) | Treatment options for Pseudotumor cerebri and Papilledema; includes images of optic disc with edema. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma. Anatomy: Optic disc; Optic nerve. Pathology: Microscopic view of papilledema. Disease/Diagnosis: Pseudotumor cerebri; Papilledema. Treatment: Acetazolamide; Ventriculoper... | Text |