Glaucoma is a group of diseases of the optic nerve involving loss of retinal ganglion cells in a characteristic pattern of optic neuropathy. (sciencedaily.com)
(2010) Dendritic Morphology Changes Prior to Uptake and Transport Dysfunction in Retinal Ganglion Cells of the DBA / 2J Mouse Model of Glaucoma (Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 51: ARVO E-Abstract 2141). (glaucoma.org)
And Alf Dubra is now using adaptive optics to image what we think are the same mitochondria moving in retinal ganglion cell axons. (glaucoma.org)