Retinal thinning of inner sub-layers is associated with cortical atrophy in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: a longitudinal multimodal in vivo study.
Samuel ChiquitaElisa J CamposJoão CastelhanoMário RibeiroJosé SerenoPaula I MoreiraMiguel Castelo-BrancoAntónio Francisco AmbrósioPublished in: Alzheimer's research & therapy (2019)
Our results show that this animal model shows similar neural changes in the retina and brain visual cortex, i.e., retinal and brain thinning. Moreover, since similar changes occur in the retina and brain visual cortex, these observations support the possibility of using the eye as an additional tool (noninvasive) for early AD diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring.