Vanderbilt Eye Institute

 

Our team of ophthalmologists and optometrists at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute treat a wide array of eye diseases that affect eye health and vision. We offer comprehensive care that includes primary eye care, vision screening, surgeries for conditions such as glaucoma and cataracts, and other treatments and surgeries for disorders of the eye.

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  • Lhx2 is a progenitor-intrinsic modulator of Sonic Hedgehog signaling during early retinal neurogenesis 
    Li, Xiaodong; Gordon, Patrick J.; Gaynes, John A.; Fuller, Alexandra W.; Ringuette, Randy; Santiago, Clayton P.; Wallace, Valerie; Blackshaw, Seth; Li, Pulin; Levine, Edward M (ELIFE, 2022-12-02)
    An important question in organogenesis is how tissue-specific transcription factors interact with signaling pathways. In some cases, transcription factors define the context for how signaling pathways elicit tissue- or ...
  • Galantamine protects against synaptic, axonal, and vision deficits in experimental neurotrauma 
    Naguib, Sarah; Bernardo-Colon, Alexandra; Cencer, Caroline; Gandra, Neha; Rex, Tonia S. (Neurobiology of Disease, 2020-02)
    Our goal was to investigate the neuroprotective effects of galantamine in a mouse model of blast-induced indirect traumatic optic neuropathy (bITON). Galantamine is an FDA-approved acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used to ...
  • Progression and Pathology of Traumatic Optic Neuropathy From Repeated Primary Blast Exposure 
    Bernardo-Colon, Alexandra; Vest, Victoria; Cooper, Melissa L.; Naguib, Sarah A.; Calkiins, David J.; Rex, Tonia S. (FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE, 2019-07-11)
    Indirect traumatic optic neuropathy (ITON) is a condition that is often associated with traumatic brain injury and can result in significant vision loss due to degeneration of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons at the time ...