TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nucci,Carlo
AU  - Cerulli,Luciano
AU  - Osborne,Neville N.
AU  - Bagetta,Giacinto
TI  - Glaucoma: an open window to neurodegeneration and neuroprotection 
T2  - Progress in brain research,
SN  - 9780080932804
AV  - RE871 .G53 2008eb
U1  - 617.7/41 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Amsterdam, London
PB  - Elsevier
KW  - Glaucoma
KW  - Diagnosis
KW  - Treatment
KW  - Monitoring
KW  - Retinal ganglion cells
KW  - Intraocular pressure
KW  - physiopathology
KW  - therapy
KW  - Nerve Degeneration
KW  - prevention & control
KW  - Nerve Tissue Proteins
KW  - physiology
KW  - Neuroprotective Agents
KW  - pharmacology
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Ophthalmology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS
KW  - Vision
KW  - fast
KW  - Glaucoom
KW  - gtt
KW  - Neuropathologie
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Epidemiology of primary glaucoma: prevalence, incidence, and blinding effects --; 2; Predictive models to estimate the risk of glaucoma development and progression --; 3; Intraocular pressure and central corneal thickness --; 4; Angle-closure: risk factors, diagnosis and treatment --; 5; Early diagnosis of glaucoma --; 6; Monitoring glaucoma progression --; 7; Standard automated perimetry and algorithms for monitoring glaucoma progression --; 8; Short-wavelength automated perimetry and frequency-doubling technology perimetry in glaucoma --; 9; Scanning laser polarimetry and confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy: technical notes on their use in glaucoma --; 10; The role of OCT in glaucoma management --; 11; Functional laser Doppler flowmetry of the optic nerve: physiological aspects and clinical applications --; 12; Advances in neuroimaging of the visual pathways and their use in glaucoma --; 13; Primary open angle glaucoma: an overview of medical therapy --; 14; The treatment of normal-tension glaucoma --; 15; The management of exfoliative glaucoma --; 16; Laser therapies for glaucoma: new frontiers --; 17; Modulation of wound healing during and after glaucoma surgery --; 18; Surgical alternative to trabeculectomy --; 19; Modern aqueous shunt implantation: future challenges --; 20. Model systems for experimental studies: retinal ganglion cells in culture --; 21; Rat models for glaucoma research --; 22; Mouse genetic models: an ideal system for understanding glaucomatous neurodegeneration and neuroprotection --; 23; Clinical trials in neuroprotection; 24; Pathogenesis of ganglion "cell death" in glaucoma and neuroprotection: focus on ganglion cell axonal mitochondria --; 25; Astrocytes in glaucomatous optic neuropathy --; 26; Glaucoma as a neuropathy amenable to neuroprotection and immune manipulation --; 27; Oxidative stress and glaucoma: injury in the anterior segment of the eye --; 28; TNF-alpha signaling in glaucomatous neurodegeneration --; 29; Involvement of the Bc12 gene family in the signaling and control of retinal ganglion cell death --; 30; Assessment of neuroprotection in the retina with DARC --; 31; Potential roles of (endo)cannabinoids in the treatment of glaucoma: from intraocular pressure control to neuroprotection --; 32; Glaucoma of the brain: a disease model for the study of transsynaptic neural degeneration --; 33; Changes of central visual receptive fields on experimental glaucoma --; 34; Targeting excitotoxic/free radical signaling pathways for therapeutic intervention in glaucoma --; Stem cells for neuroprotection in glaucoma --; 36; The relationship between neurotrophic factors and CaMKII in the death and survival of retinal ganglion cells --; 37; Evidence of the neuroprotective role of citicoline in glaucoma patients --; 38; Neuroprotection: VEGF, IL-6, and clusterin: the dark side of the moon --; 39; Rational basis for the development of coenzyme Q10 as a neurotherapeutic agent for retinal protection --; 40; 17Beta-estradiol prevents retinal ganglion cell loss induced by the acute rise of intraocular pressure in rat
N2  - An in-depth examination on risk factors, diagnosis, clinical monitoring and treatment of glaucoma
UR  - https://www-sciencedirect-com.libraryproxy.ist.ac.at/science/bookseries/00796123/173
ER  -