Radiation Pretreatment Does Not Protect the Rat Optic Nerve From Elevated Intraocular Pressure-Induced Injury [Glaucoma]

Conclusions. In contrast to previous observations in a mouse genetic glaucoma model, head-only irradiation offers the adult rat optic nerve no protection from optic nerve degeneration due to chronic, experimentally induced IOP elevation.

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Source: Investigative Ophthalmology - January 15, 2015 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Johnson, E. C., Cepurna, W. O., Choi, D., Choe, T. E., Morrison, J. C. Tags: Glaucoma Source Type: research