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1 Compressive Optic Neuropathies PotpourriAn overview of compressive optic neuropathies, including symptoms, varieties, testing, and treatments; slide presentation includes several neuroimaging scans. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Compression of optic nerve. Treatment: MifepristoneText
2 Testing the Functional PatientDiscusses testing to distinguish organic ailments from psychosomatic or willful simulation of symptoms. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve diseases; Retinal degeneration; HysteriaText
3 Optic Nerve Tumors: Diagnosis and TherapyPowerppoint lecture covers a patient case, differential diagnosis, and optic nerve anatomy. Also includes examination information, fundus images and visual field defects. Presenting Symptom: Proptosis; Hemianopsia; Scotoma. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Structure of pituitary fossa; Optic nerve sheath. Dise...Text
4 Anatomy and Physiology of the Optic NerveLecture covering the anatomy and physiology of the optic nerve. Covers the retina and anterior visual pathways. Several slides show microscopic images of optic nerve damage. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Cytokines. Disease/Diagnosis: Glaucoma.Text
5 Distinguishing Optic Nerve vs. Retinal LesionsPPT describing methods of distinguishing optic nerve verses retinal lesions. Describes a pateint case. Discussed signs, symtpoms and diagnostic tests. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal macula. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve diseases; Retinal lesion; Macular lesion; Disorder of the optic nerve; A...Text
6 Distinguishing an Optic Neuropathy from a MaculopathyPPT describing a case of optic neuropathy. Covers signs and symptoms, and various laboratory tests. Describes 10 signes of disc edema. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal macula. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve diseases; Retinal lesion; Macular lesion; Disorder of the optic nerve; Afferent pupillar...Text
7 An Epidemic of Blindness in Cuba: Lessons on Nutrition and MitochondriaPresented 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
8 Cuban Epidemic of Optic Neuropathy: Even Zealots Must Eat, or, Conversations with CastroA team of neuro-opthalmologists visits Cuba in 1993 and 1994, and attempts to treat patients with vision disorders. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve diseases; Alcoholic neuropathy. Treatment: Folate. Presenting Symptom: Blindness; Ambliopia; Ataxia; Paresthesia; Hyporeflexia.Text
9 Visual FieldsSlideshow presentation with images of bow-tie atrophy due to an optic disc tract lesion. Anatomy: Optic chiasm; Optic nerve; Optic disk. Disease/Diagnosis: Pituitary adenoma; Bitemporal hemianopia; Optic nerve atrophy.Text
10 Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: New Insights?Several microscopic images of optic nerve with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma; Dyschromatopsia.Text
11 Cuban Epidemic of Optic Neuropathy: Even Zealots Must Eat, or, Conversations with CastroA team of neuro-opthalmologists visits Cuba in 1993 and 1994, and attempts to treat patients with vision disorders. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Structure of cribriform plate. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve diseases; Blindness; Ambliopia; Alcoholic neuropathy. Treatment: Folate. Presenting Symptom: Ataxia;...Text
12 Engineering the Visual SystemPhysiological basis of vision, covering perimetry, retinal ganglion cell types, and retinal pathways. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina.Text
13 Extremely High Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Human Optic Nerve HeadMRI imagery of optic nerves demonstrates ability to identify cases of Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON); includes MRI images of optic nerves. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber.Text
14 Optic Neuritis Treatment TrialsAnatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic neuritis; Multiple sclerosis. Treatment: Methylprednisolone; Prednisone; Solumedrol.Text
15 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
16 Field Investigation of a Giant Pedigree of LHON in Rural BrazilReport of an international field investigation to rural Brazil to study a cluster of LHON, including its genetic basis. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom: Blindness,Text
17 Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: A Very Large New Pedigree From BrazilFour slides showing optic disc with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom: Blindness.Text
18 Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: A Very Large New Pedigree in BrazilReport of an international field investigation to rural Brazil to study a cluster of LHON, including its genetic basis. Includes several images of optic nerve and optic disk with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom: Blindnes...Text
19 Mitochondrial Optic Neuropathy: Mitochondria as Gatekeepers for ApoptosisPresentation 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
20 Apoptosis of Retinal Ganglion CellsPresented at a conference on neuroprotection at Sedona, Arizona, 2002; includes several microscopic images demonstrating cell death. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Cytokines. Disease/Diagnosis: Glaucoma.Text
21 Neuro-Surgical Approaches to the OrbitDiscusses specifics of various approaches to surgical treatment of lesions, including transcranial and transfrontal orbitotomies; neuroimagery scans from before and after operation for meningioma. Presenting Symptom: Proptosis. Anatomy: Orbit; Optic nerve sheath. Disease/Diagnosis: Meningioma; Heman...Text
22 Cushing and OphthalmologyFrom 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
23 Mitochondrial Optic Neuropathies (MON)Combination of two presentations on optic nerve diseases, covering the cases in Cuba and Brazil. Titles: Cuban epidemic of optic neuopathy: even zealots must eat, or, Conversations with Castro and Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy: a very large new pedigree in Brazil; includes several images of ...Text
24 Optic Nerve Sheath Decompression in the Management of Optic NeuropathiesA slide presentation with several images of optic disc, normal and with edema. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disc. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic neuropathy, Ischemic; Pseudotumor cerebri; Papilledema. Treatment: Decompression, Surgical.Text
25 Acute Retrobulbar Optical NeuropathyPPT 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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