Study points to potential new approach to treating glaucoma and Alzheimer's disease

(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have shown for the first time that when one optic nerve in the eye is damaged, as in glaucoma, the opposite optic nerve comes to the rescue by sharing its metabolic energy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news