Maintenance of pupillary response in a glaucoma patient with no light perception due to persistence of melanopsin ganglion cells

Can J Ophthalmol. 2014 Feb;49(1):e20-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2013.10.008.

Authors

Yang Zhou¹, Alexander S Davis², Arielle Spitze³, Andrew G Lee⁴

Affiliations

¹ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
² The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston; The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Tex.
³ The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Tex.
⁴ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston; The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Tex.; Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, N.Y.; The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic, Iowa City, Iowa. Electronic address: AGLee@tmhs.org.

PMID: 24513375
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2013.10.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Blindness / physiopathology*
Female
Glaucoma / physiopathology*
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / physiopathology
Middle Aged
Nerve Fibers / pathology
Reflex, Pupillary / physiology*
Retinal Ganglion Cells / physiology*
Rod Opsins / physiology*
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Visual Acuity / physiology
Visual Fields / physiology

Substances

Rod Opsins
melanopsin