New Trends in Basic and Clinical Research of Glaucoma
Front Cover -- New Trends in Basic and Clinical Research of Glaucoma: A Neurodegenerative Disease of the Visual System, Part B -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Contents -- Preface: New Trends in Basic andClinical Research of Glaucoma:A Neurodegenerative Disease of theVisual System Part B -- Chapter 1...
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Elsevier
2015
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| Series: | Progress in Brain Research
v.221 Issn Ser. v.Volume 221 |
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Table of Contents:
- ""Title page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Copyright""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Part B""; ""Chapter 1: Molecular biomarkers in primary open-angle glaucoma: from noninvasive to invasive""; ""Abstract""; ""1 Introduction: What is a Biomarker?""; ""2 Defining Biomarkers""; ""3 Noninvasive Biomarkers in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma""; ""4 Minimally Invasive Biomarkers in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma""; ""5 Invasive Biomarkers in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma""; ""6 Molecular Biomarkers in Clinical Practice: Is Translation Feasible?""; ""7 Summary and Conclusions""
- ""Chapter 2: Cerebrospinal fluid pressure in the pathogenesis of glaucoma""""Abstract""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Anatomy and Dynamics of the Optic Nerve Head in Relationship to the Retrobulbar CSF Space""; ""3 Intraocular Pressure""; ""4 Relationship Between CSFP and IOP and Its Dynamics""; ""5 CSFP, TLPD, and IOP: glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy""; ""6 Limitations""; ""7 Methods for Determining CSFP""; ""8 CSFP and Retinal and Choroidal Vein Pressure""; ""Chapter 3: Links among glaucoma, neurodegenerative, and vascular diseases of the central nervous system""; ""Abstract""; ""1 Background""
- ""2 Glaucoma and AD""""3 Glaucoma and PD""; ""4 Glaucoma and LHON""; ""5 Glaucoma and Cerebrovascular Diseases""; ""6 Discussion""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""Chapter 4: New technologies for measuring intraocular pressure""; ""Abstract""; ""1 Tonometry""; ""2 Applanation Tonometry""; ""3 Dynamic Contour (Pascal) Tonometer""; ""4 Rebound Tonometry""; ""5 Digital GAT""; ""6 Ocular Response Analyzer""; ""7 Transpalpebral Tonometers""; ""8 Noncontact Corvis ST""; ""9 SENSIMED Triggerfish® Contact Lens Sensor""; ""Chapter 5: Emerging risk factors for glaucoma onset and progression""; ""Abstract""
- ""1 Introduction""""2 Ocular Risk Factors""; ""3 Systemic Risk Factors""; ""4 Risk Calculators""; ""5 Summary""; ""Chapter 6: Strategies to improve early diagnosis in glaucoma""; ""Abstract""; ""1 Detecting Early Functional Change""; ""2 Detecting Structural Change""; ""3 Combining Information from Structural and Functional Tests""; ""4 Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 7: How to detect progression in glaucoma""; ""Abstract""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 General Concepts""; ""3 Functional Progression""; ""4 Structural Progression""; ""5 Combining Progression Techniques""
- ""6 Conclusion""""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 8: Brain imaging in glaucoma from clinical studies to clinical practice""; ""Abstract""; ""1 Background""; ""2 Conventional MRI""; ""3 Diffusion Imaging""; ""4 Functional Imaging""; ""5 Voxel-based Morphometry""; ""6 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy""; ""Chapter 9: Primary congenital glaucoma""; ""Abstract""; ""1 Epidemiology""; ""2 Genetics""; ""3 Pathogenesis""; ""4 Presentation""; ""5 Differential Diagnosis""; ""6 Management""; ""7 Key Points""; ""Acknowledgments""
- ""Chapter 10: New findings in the diagnosis and treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma""