Emphasizing the correlation between brain and eye to improve neuro-ophthalmology
- VernacularTitle:重视眼与神经系统疾病关系,提高神经眼科疾病诊治水平
- Author:
Xiaojun ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cranial nerve diseases/diagnosis;
Cranial nerve diseases/therapy;
Cranial nerve diseases/epidemiology;
Optic nerve diseases
- From:
Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases
2008;24(2):82-85
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Eye and nervous system are anatomically and physiologically very close.About 40% of the nerve fibers in brain are correlated with visual function.Seven of twelve cranial nerves are straightly correlated with visual afferent or eye movement.Neurological diseases can affect eye in many different ways.Furthermore,systemic disorders can cause secondary neurological lesions or even primary neurological disorders,which sequentially show ocular symptoms and signs.Better understanding of the close relationship between eye and brain,together with intimate cooperation between ophthalmologists,neurologists,neurosurgeons and other specialties,are the key point to improve our neuro-ophthalmology service in China.
