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Optic Disk

Known as: disc optic, Papilla, Optic, Nerve Head, Optic 
A portion of the retina at which the axons of the ganglion cells exit the eyeball to form the optic nerve. No light-sensitive photoreceptors are… 
National Institutes of Health

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18 relations
Blood supply aspectsBody partCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location TerminologyCDISC SEND Biospecimens Terminology

Narrower (2)

Cavitary Optic Disc AnomaliesStructure of prelaminar part of optic nerve

Broader (5)

Disorder of the optic nerveEyeEye - Retina (MMHCC)Optic Nerve

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Diabetic Retinopathy: A Prospective Pilot Study.
Review
2011
Review
2011
A biomechanical paradigm for axonal insult within the optic nerve head in aging and glaucoma.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Rationale and Methodology for a Population-Based Study of Eye Diseases in Malay People: The Singapore Malay Eye Study (SiMES)
Purpose: Although there are approximately 200 million people of Malay ethnicity living in Asia, the burden and risk factors of… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Spectral domain optical coherence tomography: ultra-high speed, ultra-high resolution ophthalmic imaging.
OBJECTIVE To introduce a new ophthalmic optical coherence tomography technology that allows unprecedented simultaneous ultra-high… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Deformation of the lamina cribrosa and anterior scleral canal wall in early experimental glaucoma.
PURPOSE To test the hypothesis that pathophysiologic deformation of the lamina cribrosa and anterior scleral canal wall underlies… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
New Concepts in Tetrathiafulvalene Chemistry.
Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) and its derivatives were originally prepared as strong electron-donor molecules for the development of… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Growth-cone attraction to netrin-1 is converted to repulsion by laminin-1
Growing axons are guided by both diffusible and substrate-bound factors. Growth cones of retinal neurons exhibit chemoattractive… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Neuroprotection in relation to retinal ischemia and relevance to glaucoma.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Human optic nerve fiber count and optic disc size.
In the optic nerve head, the optic nerve fibers are represented by the neuroretinal rim. The rim area showing a high… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Measurement of ultralow losses in an optical interferometer.
Ultralow-loss high-reflectivity mirrors are important for a variety of uses in optical physics. In this paper we report… 
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