Main description:

Glaucoma: A Pancitopatia of the Retina and Beyond, Volume 257, the latest release in the Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Chapters in this volume include the Genetics of glaucoma, Artificial intelligence and deep learning in glaucoma detection and monitoring, The role of commensal microflora-induced T cells responses in glaucoma neurodegeneration, Retinal cell death in experimental glaucoma, Experimental and clinical evidence on the neuroprotective properties of Citicoline in glaucoma, Glaucoma neurodegeneration and myopia, Neuronal regeneration with pluripotent stem cells in glaucoma, and more.

Contents:

1. Functional and morphological alterations in a glaucoma model of acute ocular hypertension

Alejandro Gallego-Ortega, Maria Norte-Munoz, Juan Antonio Miralles de Imperial-Ollero, Jose Manuel Bernal-Garro, Francisco Javier Valiente-Soriano, Pedro de la Villa Polo, Marcelino Aviles-Trigueros, Maria Paz Villegas-Perez and Manuel Vidal-Sanz

2. Genetics of primary open-angle glaucoma and its endophenotypes

Yoichi Sakurada, Fumihiko Mabuchi and Kenji Kashiwagi

3. A broad perspective on molecular regulation of retinal ganglion cell degeneration in glaucoma

Gulgun Tezel

4. The role of commensal microflora-induced T cell responses in glaucoma neurodegeneration

Jing Tang, Yizhen Tang, Irvin Yi and Dong Feng Chen

5. The role of neuroinflammation in the pathogenesis of glaucoma neurodegeneration

Maria D. Pinazo-Duran, Francisco J. Munoz-Negrete, Silvia M. Sanz-Gonzalez, Javier Benitez-del-Castillo, Rafael Gimenez-Gomez, Mar Valero-Vello, Vicente Zanon-Moreno and Jose J. Garcia-Medina

6. Microglial changes in the early aging stage in a healthy retina and an experimental glaucoma model

Ana I. Ramirez, Jose A. Fernandez-Albarral, Rosa de Hoz, Ines Lopez-Cuenca, Elena Salobrar-Garcia, Pilar Rojas, Francisco J. Valiente-Soriano, Marcelino Aviles-Trigueros, Maria P. Villegas-Perez, Manuel Vidal-Sanz, Alberto Trivino, Juan J. Salazar and Jose M. Ramirez

7. Molecular changes in glaucomatous trabecular meshwork. Correlations with retinal ganglion cell death and novel strategies for neuroprotection

Sergio C. Sacca, Stefania Vernazza, Eugenio Luigi Iorio, Sara Tirendi, Anna Maria Bassi, Stefano Gandolfi and Alberto Izzotti

8. Effects of caloric restriction on retinal aging and neurodegeneration

Annagrazia Adornetto, Luigi Antonio Morrone, Andrea Satriano, Maria Luisa Lagana, Ester Licastro, Carlo Nucci, Maria Tiziana Corasaniti, Paolo Tonin, Giacinto Bagetta and Rossella Russo

9. Is stagnant cerebrospinal fluid involved in the pathophysiology of normal tension glaucoma

Hanspeter Esriel Killer