The purpose of this study was to determine the association between aqueous ET-1 levels and total retinal blood flow (TRBF) in patients with non-insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and ...

Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness in the United States and worldwide. [1,2] It is a progressive optic neuropathy characterized by nerve atrophy and loss of retinal ganglion cells.

The aqueous humor is produced by ciliary bodies on either side of the lens (seen where the arrow begins), flows through the pupil, draining through a venous passage (the scleral venous sinus for those ...

UH College of Optometry biomedical engineer Vijaykrishna Raghunathan has received $765,000 from the National Institutes of Health to examine an understudied part of glaucoma - the ebb and flow of ...

Gel-like fluids inside the eye help it maintain its shape, which plays an important role in overall eye health. These substances are called the vitreous humor and aqueous humor. Vitreous is a ...

Biologists have found an explanation for the increase in intraocular pressure in glaucoma and a promising therapeutic option to rejuvenate the eye. Researchers at the Center for Vascular Research, ...