Macular Thickness as a Potential Biomarker of Mild Alzheimer's Disease
Although several postmortem findings in the retina of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are available, new biomarkers for early diagnosis and follow-up of AD are still lacking. It has been postulated that the defects in the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) may be the earliest sign of AD, e...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/35304 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35304 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 616.894-053.9 617.736 Macular thickness Biomarkers Alzheimer's disease Neurociencias (Medicina) Oftalmología Anatomía ocular 2490 Neurociencias 3201.09 Oftalmología |
| Sumario: | Although several postmortem findings in the retina of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are available, new biomarkers for early diagnosis and follow-up of AD are still lacking. It has been postulated that the defects in the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) may be the earliest sign of AD, even before damage to the hippocampal region that affects memory. This fact may reflect retinal neuronal-ganglion cell death and axonal loss in the optic nerve in addition to aging. |
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