Optic nerve atrophy is damage to the optic nerve. Causes include poor blood flow to the eye, disease, trauma, or exposure to toxic substances.Ophthalmologist Raj Pathmaraj explains more about this.

The hypothesis that it disrupts the function of retinal ganglion cell axons by increasing mechanical forces on the lamina cribrosa of the optic nerve head has received considerable experimental ...

Thin layers of cells in the retina send electrical signals along the optic nerve to the brain, where they're translated into the images you see. Located in the center of the retina is the macula.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a progressive neurodegenerative ... ventricular septal defect (which resolved), optic nerve hypoplasia and a brainstem asymmetry, with related delays in vision ...

Altris AI, which offers OCT analysis for retinal diseases, is now expanding to glaucoma detection.With its optic disc ...