PubMed ID: 10176111
Author(s): Levin LA. Mechanisms of optic neuropathy. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 1997 Dec;8(6):9-15. Review. PMID 10176111
Journal: Current Opinion In Ophthalmology, Volume 8, Issue 6, Dec 1997
Retinal ganglion cell death is the final common pathway of all human optic neuropathies. An understanding of how these cells die, either at the cell body or after axonal injury, may allow development of strategies for rescuing these cells and therefore ameliorating optic nerve disease.