GLAUCOMA-The Autonomic Perspective

One of the leading causes of blindness, Glaucoma is multifactorial in origin. At a systemic level, hypertension, hypotension leading to reduced ocular blood flow, vascular dysregulation, oxidative stress and cardiovascular history are associated with glaucoma. Glaucoma therapeutics are based on manipulation of the Autonomic Nervous System in the anterior segment of the eye.On the other hand, dissimilarities in the risk factors concerned with high tension glaucoma and normal tension glaucoma sugg...