Examination of retinal vascular trajectory in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Abhishek AppajiBhargavi NagendraDona M ChakoAnanth PadmanabhaArpitha JacobChaitra V HiremathShivarama VaramballyMuralidharan KesavanGanesan VenkatasubramanianShyam V RaoCarroll A B WebersTos T J M BerendschotNaren P RaoPublished in: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences (2019)
Smaller trajectories of retinal arteries indicate wider and flatter curves in SCZ and BD. Considering the relation between retinal/cerebral vasculatures and retinal nerve fiber layer thinness, the retinal vascular trajectory is a potential marker for SCZ and BD. As a relatively affordable investigation, retinal fundus photography should be further explored in SCZ and BD as a potential screening measure.