Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Study Points to Potential New Approach to Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases Like Glaucoma and Alzheimer's Disease
July 21, 2020
July 21, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 21 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have shown for the first time that when one optic nerve in the eye is damaged, as in glaucoma, the opposite optic nerve comes to the rescue by sharing its metabolic energy.
In doing so, however, the undamaged optic nerve becomes vulnerable to further metabolic stress, which could explain why the neurodegeneration observed i . . .
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have shown for the first time that when one optic nerve in the eye is damaged, as in glaucoma, the opposite optic nerve comes to the rescue by sharing its metabolic energy.
In doing so, however, the undamaged optic nerve becomes vulnerable to further metabolic stress, which could explain why the neurodegeneration observed i . . .