"Optic Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The 2nd cranial nerve which conveys visual information from the RETINA to the brain. The nerve carries the axons of the RETINAL GANGLION CELLS which sort at the OPTIC CHIASM and continue via the OPTIC TRACTS to the brain. The largest projection is to the lateral geniculate nuclei; other targets include the SUPERIOR COLLICULI and the SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEI. Though known as the second cranial nerve, it is considered part of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
| Descriptor ID |
D009900
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.120.680
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| Concept/Terms |
Optic Nerve- Optic Nerve
- Nerve, Optic
- Nerves, Optic
- Optic Nerves
- Nervus Opticus
- Opticus, Nervus
- Second Cranial Nerve
- Cranial Nerve, Second
- Cranial Nerves, Second
- Nerve, Second Cranial
- Nerves, Second Cranial
- Second Cranial Nerves
- Cranial Nerve II
- Cranial Nerve IIs
- Nerve II, Cranial
- Nerve IIs, Cranial
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Optic Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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Effects of head-down tilt on optic nerve sheath diameter in healthy subjects. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2023 Nov; 43(6):1531-1539.
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Optic Nerve Head Morphological Changes Over 12 Hours in Seated and Head-Down Tilt Postures. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2020 11 02; 61(13):21.
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Retinal and optic nerve degeneration in liver X receptor ? knockout mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 08 13; 116(33):16507-16512.
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The pattern ERG in chicks - Stimulus dependence and optic nerve section. Vision Res. 2016 11; 128:45-52.
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Optical Coherence Tomography for the Radiologist. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2015 Aug; 25(3):367-82.
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Demyelinating optic neuritis presenting as a clinically isolated syndrome. Optometry. 2012 Jan; 83(1):9-18.
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Charles F. Prentice Award Lecture 2006: a neuron doctrine for glaucoma. Optom Vis Sci. 2008 Jun; 85(6):436-44.