When evaluating the optic disc for glaucomatous progression, eye care providers should pay particular attention to increased excavation and neuroretinal rim thinning—especially in the ...

The image shows the optic nerve head, or optic disc, in a rodent eye. This is the place in the retina where nerve cells that collect visual information all gather to form the optic nerve that ...

Purpose: To investigate the association of antihypertensive medications with optic disc structure by blood pressure ... Methods: A subset of Thessaloniki Eye Study participants was included ...

Eyelids are the outermost protective parts of the eye. They act ... The part of the optic nerve that is attached to the back of the eyeball is named as optic disc. This is the region where rod ...

Papilledema is swelling of your optic nerve, which connects the eye and brain. This swelling is a reaction to a buildup of pressure in or around your brain that may have many causes. Often ...

That swelling occurred at the disc-shaped head of the optic nerve, at the point just before the nerve leaves the eye (forming a blind spot on the retina). The swelling, known as an 'optic disc ...