Retinal degeneration is associated with brain volume reduction and prognosis in radiologically isolated syndrome.

Atay VuralSerhat OkarAslı KurneGüliz Sayat-GürelNazire Pınar AcarErdem KarabulutKader Karlı OğuzSibel KadayıfçılarRana Karabudak

Published in: Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) (2018)

Retinal neurodegeneration can be detected in the papillomacular region in the earliest stages of CNS demyelination and reflects global disease processes in the brain. OCT can be potentially useful for predicting prognosis in RIS.

Keyphrases

optical coherence tomography
diabetic retinopathy
resting state
optic nerve
white matter
functional connectivity
cerebral ischemia
blood brain barrier
case report