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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Cuban Epidemic of Optic Neuropathy: Even Zealots Must Eat, or, Conversations with Castro | A 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 |
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Cuban Epidemic of Optic Neuropathy: Even Zealots Must Eat, or, Conversations with Castro | A 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 |
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Jonathan D. Wirtschafter, MD, FACS, Frank E. Burch Professor of Ophthalmology | Overview of the life of Jonathan D. Wirtschafter on the occasion of the first annual Wirtschafter Lectureship, in August of 2003. Sadun gave the lecture, recapping an international field investigation to rural Brazil to study a cluster of LHON, including its genetic basis. Includes several images o... | Text |
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Medical-Legal Considerations: What You Wish You Didn't Have to Think About | A slide presentation on the medico-legal issues relevant to neuro-ophthalmologists. | Text |
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Cortical Visual Phenomena (Anton's to Geschwind's) | Part 6 of a course taught at Stanford University. Anatomy: Visual cortex. Disease/Diagnosis: Aphasia; Blindness, Cortical; Hallucinations, Visual; Anton's Syndrome; Visual Agnosia; Palinopsia; Geschwind's Syndrome; Apraxia; Cortical paralysis of fixation syndrome; Alzheimer's Syndrome. | Text |
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Optic Chiasm and Anterior Visual Pathways | Anatomy: Optic chiasm; Visual cortex; Geniculate bodies | Text |
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Color Vision: Insights Into Our Origins and Some of Our Artists - From Darwin to Delacroix | Discussion of origins and physiology of color vision in different species, distinction between addition and subtraction of colors, and how painters get around the difference. Includes microscopic views of retinal cones. Anatomy: Retina; Rods (Retina); Cones (Retina). | Text |
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The Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Diabetes | Anatomy: Orbit; Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Diabetes; Mucormycosis; Acidosis; Hypoplasia of the optic nerve; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic optic papillopathy; Optic neuropathy, Ischemic; Diabetic optic atrophy; Ophthalmoplegia; Arteritis; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Orbital cellulitis. Treatment: Debri... | Text |
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AIDS: Neuro-Ophthalmologic Manifestations | Discusses various neuro-opthalmological complications to which AIDS patients are prone, and results of experimental testing on rabbits using Pentoxifylline. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Axons; Optic disk; Astrocytes; Macrophages. Pathology: Slides showing astrocytes, macrophages, cytokine staining. Disease... | 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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Anatomy and Physiology of the Optic Nerve | Lecture 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 |
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The Clinical Spectrum of Amiodarone-Associated Optic Neuropathy | Sadun's response to a paper by L.N. Johnson, G.B. Kroheld, and E.R. Thomas at 2004 AAO meeting. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve diseases; Optic neuropathy, Ischemic | Text |
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Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy | Discusses opthalmic complications of surgery, with example of shock-induced Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy following a hysterectomy. Presenting Symptom: Ischemia; Hypotension. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic neuropathy, Ischemic; Hematoma; Edema. | Text |
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Headache | Presenting Symptom: Ataxia; Photophobia; Scotoma; Ischemia; Aura. Anatomy: Orbit; Retina; Serotonin. Disease/Diagnosis: Migraine disorders; Migraine with aura. Treatment: Ibuprofen; Sumatriptan; Pseudoephedrine; Lidocaine; Caffeine; Calcium channel blockers; Aminosalicylic acids. | 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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Pupils and the Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Diabetes | Presentation given in Italy on diagnosing neuro-opthalmic complications of diabetes with several views of the optic disc. Presenting symptom: Diplopia; Anisocoria; Ptosis; Horner syndrome; Adie syndrome. Anatomy: Pupil; Optic disc; Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Diabetes; Mucormycosis; Acidosis; Hy... | 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 Fields | Slideshow 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 |
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Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Applications in the Eye | Optical Coherence Tomography is a technique for non-invasive cross-sectional imaging of ocular tissues. This PowerPoint covers an overview of the technique with excellent diagrams and images. Anatomy: Retina; Anterior eye segment; Cornea; Macula Lutea; Vitreous body; Optic nerve; Retinal ganglion ce... | Text |
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Apoptosis of Retinal Ganglion Cells | Presented 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 |
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Induction of Apoptosis by Mitochondrial Impairment in LHON and Related Diseases | Slide presentation includes six pairs of microscopic slides showing LHON and control examples of optic nerve. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. | Text |
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Circadian Rhythms: How Much Retina Do We Need for a Good Night's Sleep? | Discusses importance of the health of the retinohypothalamic tract in the maintenance of circadian rhythm. Anatomy: Retina; Hypothalamus; Retinal ganglion cells; Pineal gland. Disease/Diagnosis: Retinal diseases; Sleep disorders, Circadian rhythm. | Text |
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Toxic Optic Neuropathies: How Much Evidence Should it Take to Convict? | A critique of claims that the drug Amiodarone causes optic neuropathies. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma; Dyschromatopsia. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Toxic optic neuropathy. | Text |
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Beyond the Margulis Hypothesis: The Time Bomb Within Us | Presented at Harvard, 2005; includes several images of optic disc with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk; Retinal ganglion cells; Reactive oxygen species. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom: Dyschromatopsia; Scotoma. | Text |
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How Strong is the Case for an Association Between PDE5 Inhibitors and NAION? | Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic; Toxic optic neuropathy. Presenting Symptom: Ischemia; Scotoma; Dyschromatopsia. | Text |