The Eye and the Brain: Photonic Devices in Neuro-Ophthalmology
Alessandro Avitabile, Marco Zeppieri, Ludovica Cannizzaro, Giuseppe Gagliano, Maria Francesca Cordeiro, Fabiana D’Esposito, Francesco Cappellani, Maria Vadalà, Vincenza Maria Elena Bonfiglio · 2026
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Light-based imaging turns the retina into a viewing port on the brain, and Alessandro Avitabile with colleagues survey the tools in a 2026 neuro-ophthalmology review. Photonic devices now let clinicians watch neurodegeneration unfold at the back of the eye without invasive testing.
Optical coherence tomography measures thinning of the nerve fiber and ganglion cell layers, giving biomarkers of axon loss in multiple sclerosis and optic nerve disease. A newer technique images dying retinal ganglion cells in real time, before structural loss becomes permanent, which matters most in glaucoma. Two-photon microscopy with adaptive optics reaches subcellular detail in living tissue. The authors weigh how these methods could advance earlier detection and monitoring.
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| CREATOR | Alessandro Avitabile, Marco Zeppieri, Ludovica Cannizzaro, Giuseppe Gagliano, Maria Francesca Cordeiro, Fabiana D’Esposito, Francesco Cappellani, Maria Vadalà, Vincenza Maria Elena Bonfiglio |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 88206 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |