Normal tension glaucoma: from the brain to the eye or the inverse?

• Published in: Neural regeneration research Vol. 14; no. 11; pp. 1845 - 1850
• Main Authors: Zhang, Hui-Jun, Mi, Xue-Song, So, Kwok-Fai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.11.2019; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China%Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China; Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Wolters Kluwer - Medknow; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Analysis; Blood pressure; Brain research; Central nervous system; Cognitive ability; Glaucoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; nerve regeneration; normal tension glaucoma; open angle glaucoma; neurodegenerative diseases; visual field; cerebrospinal fluid pressure; imaging techniques; pathogenesis; magnetic resonance imaging; diffusion tensor imaging; metabolic changes; neural regeneration; Nervous system; Neurodegeneration; Pathogenesis; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Raynaud disease; Review; Studies; metabolic changes; neurodegenerative diseases; pathogenesis; magnetic resonance imaging; neural regeneration; imaging techniques; open angle glaucoma; diffusion tensor imaging; nerve regeneration; visual field; normal tension glaucoma; cerebrospinal fluid pressure

Glaucoma is a chronic, progressive optic neuropathy characterized by the loss of peripheral vision first and then central vision. Clinically, normal tension glaucoma is considered a special subtype of glaucoma, in which the patient's intraocular pressure is within the normal range, but the pati...