The optic nerve is located in the back of the eye. It is also called the second cranial nerve or cranial nerve II. It is the second of several pairs of cranial nerves. The job of the optic nerve is to ...

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of preventable blindness in the U.S. In general, glaucoma occurs when pressure builds up in the eye and causes damage to the optic nerve. The optic nerve is like ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 51-year-old white male presented to the Veterans Affairs clinic for a periodic eye exam with no complaints of ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become a widely used ocular imaging modality. The recent introduction of spectral domain OCT has vastly improved imaging speed, resolution, and quality over time ...

A research team led by Professor Lee Hyun-ji (co-first authors Kim Sang-hoon, Kim Ji-eun, Joo Sung-jin, PhD student at Korea ...

Dr. Bart K. Chwalisz: A 30-year-old woman was evaluated in the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at a hospital affiliated with this hospital because of monocular vision loss. Two months before the current ...

Pituitary tumors can compress the optic nerve, leading to visual symptoms. Pituitary tumors are mostly benign (noncancerous), but due to their location, they can have significant effects on ...