Retrograde Optic Nerve Degeneration in Pituitary Adenoma: A Study with RE-PERG.

Alberto MavilioDario SistoRosanna DammaccoGiuseppe DuranteGiovanni Alessio

Published in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2022)

Our findings confirm that RE-PERG is not altered in retrograde degeneration. Based on the outcome of the present and our previous studies about RE-PERG and glaucoma, we assume that in glaucoma a double mechanism of retinal ganglion cells degeneration, both retrograde and primary, can coexist.

Keyphrases

optic nerve
optical coherence tomography
induced apoptosis
endoplasmic reticulum stress
signaling pathway
oxidative stress
case control