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Gultutan P, Nalcacioglu P, Icoz M, Yilmaz D, Citak Kurt AN. Ocular hemodynamics in epileptic children treated with antiepileptic drugs. Eur J Ophthalmol 2024; 34:843-851. [PMID: 37849301 DOI: 10.1177/11206721231207507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the quantitative measurements obtained for vessel density (VD) of the optic nerve head, macula, peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (p-RNFL) and total retinal thicknesses (Trt) by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) and the choroidal vascular structure using an image binarization method in children with epilepsy using three different antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and to compare these measurements with healthy participants. METHODS This observational, cross-sectional study included 124 patients divided into 4 groups: Group-1: patients receiving carbamazepine(n = 30), group-2: patients receiving levetiracetam (n = 31), group-3: patients receiving valproic acid (n = 32), and group 4: healthy controls (n = 31).A fully automated microstructural analysis of the VD of the retinal superficial capillary plexus (SCP), deep capillary plexus (DCP), and the choriocapillaris (CC) layers and radial peripapillary capillary, and Trt, p-RNFL thickness were analyzed by using OCT-A. Enhanced depth imaging (EDI)-OCT scans of the macula were obtained and the images were binarized using the ImageJ software. RESULTS The mean age, gender distribution and the duration of epilepsy were similar in all groups. Evaluation of the p-RNFL thickness and perifoveal Trt between the groups showed a statistically significant difference in all quadrants.The p-RNFL thickness was lower in patients receiving carbamazepine and valproic acid. The lowest values of the luminal area and choroidal vascular index (CVI) were found in patients receiving valproic acid; comparison with matched healthy controls showed statistically significant differences. CONCLUSION Valproic acid and carbamazepine are associated with thinning of the p-RNFL in epilepsy patients, but the macular and radial peripapillary VD were not affected.However, a reduction of choroidal vascular blood flow was found in epilepsy patients taking valproic acid.
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- Pembe Gultutan
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ankara City Hospital, Children's Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Yozgat City Hospital, Yozgat, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ankara City Hospital, Children's Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
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Peng KP, Burish MJ. Management of cluster headache: Treatments and their mechanisms. Cephalalgia 2023; 43:3331024231196808. [PMID: 37652457 DOI: 10.1177/03331024231196808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The management of cluster headache is similar to that of other primary headache disorders and can be broadly divided into acute and preventive treatments. Acute treatments for cluster headache are primarily delivered via rapid, non-oral routes (such as inhalation, nasal, or subcutaneous) while preventives include a variety of unrelated treatments such as corticosteroids, verapamil, and galcanezumab. Neuromodulation is becoming an increasingly popular option, both non-invasively such as vagus nerve stimulation when medical treatment is contraindicated or side effects are intolerable, and invasively such as occipital nerve stimulation when medical treatment is ineffective. Clinically, this collection of treatment types provides a range of options for the informed clinician. Scientifically, this collection provides important insights into disease mechanisms. METHODS Two authors performed independent narrative reviews of the literature on guideline recommendations, clinical trials, real-world data, and mechanistic studies. RESULTS Cluster headache is treated with acute treatments, bridge treatments, and preventive treatments. Common first-line treatments include subcutaneous sumatriptan and high-flow oxygen as acute treatments, corticosteroids (oral or suboccipital injections) as bridge treatments, and verapamil as a preventive treatment. Some newer acute (non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation) and preventive (galcanezumab) treatments have excellent clinical trial data for episodic cluster headache, while other newer treatments (occipital nerve stimulation) have been specifically tested in treatment-refractory chronic cluster headache. Most treatments are suspected to act on the trigeminovascular system, the autonomic system, or the hypothalamus. CONCLUSIONS The first-line treatments have not changed in recent years, but new treatments have provided additional options for patients.
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- Kuan-Po Peng
- Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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Li C, Fitzgerald MEC, Del Mar N, Wang H, Haughey C, Honig MG, Reiner A. Role of the superior salivatory nucleus in parasympathetic control of choroidal blood flow and in maintenance of retinal health. Exp Eye Res 2021; 206:108541. [PMID: 33736985 PMCID: PMC8087653 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2021.108541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The vasodilatory pterygopalatine ganglion (PPG) innervation of the choroid is under the control of preganglionic input from the superior salivatory nucleus (SSN), the parasympathetic portion of the facial motor nucleus. We sought to confirm that choroidal SSN drives a choroid-wide vasodilation and determine if such control is important for retinal health. To the former end, we found, using transscleral laser Doppler flowmetry, that electrical activation of choroidal SSN significantly increased choroidal blood flow (ChBF), at a variety of choroidal sites that included more posterior as well as more anterior ones. We further found that the increases in ChBF were significantly reduced by inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), thus implicating nitrergic PPG terminals in the SSN-elicited ChBF increases. To evaluate the role of parasympathetic control of ChBF in maintaining retinal health, some rats received unilateral lesions of SSN, and were evaluated functionally and histologically. In eyes ipsilateral to choroidal SSN destruction, we found that the flash-evoked scotopic electroretinogram a-wave and b-wave peak amplitudes were both significantly reduced by 10 weeks post lesion. Choroidal baroregulation was evaluated in some of these rats, and found to be impaired in the low systemic arterial blood pressure (ABP) range where vasodilation normally serves to maintain stable ChBF. In retina ipsilateral to SSN destruction, the abundance of Müller cell processes immunolabeled for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and GFAP message were significantly upregulated. Our studies indicate that the SSN-PPG circuit mediates parasympathetic vasodilation of choroid, which appears to contribute to ChBF baroregulation during low ABP. Our results further indicate that impairment in this adaptive mechanism results in retinal dysfunction and pathology within months of the ChBF disturbance, indicating its importance for retinal health.
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- Chunyan Li
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee, 855 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA; Department of Biology, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN, 38104, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee, 855 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA.
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Li C, Fitzgerald MEC, Del Mar N, Haughey C, Reiner A. Defective Choroidal Blood Flow Baroregulation and Retinal Dysfunction and Pathology Following Sympathetic Denervation of Choroid. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2019; 59:5032-5044. [PMID: 30326072 PMCID: PMC6190756 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.18-24954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Purpose We sought to determine if sympathetic denervation of choroid impairs choroidal blood flow (ChBF) regulation and harms retina. Methods Rats received bilateral superior cervical ganglionectomy (SCGx), which depleted choroid of sympathetic but not parasympathetic innervation. The flash-evoked scotopic ERG and visual acuity were measured 2 to 3 months after SCGx, and vasoconstrictive ChBF baroregulation during high systemic arterial blood pressure (ABP) induced by LNAME was assessed by laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF). Eyes were harvested for histologic evaluation. Results ChBF increased in parallel with ABP in SCGx rats over an ABP range of 90% to 140% of baseline ABP, while in sham rats ChBF remained stable and uncorrelated with ABP. ERG a- and b-wave latencies and amplitudes, and visual acuity were significantly reduced after SCGx. In SCGx retina, Müller cell GFAP immunolabeling was upregulated 2.5-fold, and Iba1+ microglia were increased 3-fold. Dopaminergic amacrine cell fibers in inner plexiform layer were reduced in SCGx rats, and photoreceptors were slightly depleted. Functional deficits and pathology were correlated with impairments in sympathetic regulation of ChBF. Conclusions These studies indicate that sympathetic denervation of choroid impairs ChBF baroregulation during elevated ABP, leading to choroidal overperfusion. This defect in ChBF regulation is associated with impaired retinal function and retinal pathology. As sympathetic ChBF baroregulatory defects have been observed in young individuals with complement factor H (CFH) polymorphisms associated with risk for AMD, our results suggest these defects may harm retina, perhaps contributing to AMD pathogenesis.
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- Chunyan Li
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States.,Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States.,Department of Biology, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States.,Department of Biology, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States.,Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Jiang MN, Zhou YY, Hua DH, Yang JY, Hu ML, Xing YQ. Vagal Nerve Stimulation Attenuates Ischemia-Reperfusion Induced Retina Dysfunction in Acute Ocular Hypertension. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:87. [PMID: 30804746 PMCID: PMC6378858 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate whether cervical vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) could prevent retinal ganglion cell (RGC) loss and retinal dysfunction after ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Methods: First, rats were randomly divided into sham group (n = 4) and VNS group (n = 12). Activation of the nodose ganglia (NOG), nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS), superior salivatory nucleus (SSN), and pterygopalatine ganglion (PPG) neural circuit were evaluated by c-fos expression at 0 h after sham VNS and at 0 h (n = 4), 6 h (n = 4), 72 h (n = 4) after VNS. Secondly, rats were randomly assigned to I/R group (pressure-induced retinal ischemia for 1 h and reperfusion for 1 h in the right eye, n = 16) and I/R+VNS group (right cervical VNS for 2 h during the I/R period, n = 16). The left eye of each rat served as a control. Electroretinogram (ERG), RGC numbers, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) levels in retina were determined. Additionally, the level of VIP in PPG was evaluated. Results: In the first part of the study, compared with the sham group, the VNS group exhibited significantly increased expression of c-fos in NOG, NTS, SSN, and PPG tissues at 0, 6, and 72 h. In the second part of the study, compared with left eyes, retinal function in right eyes (as assessed by the a-wave, b-wave and the oscillatory potential amplitudes of ERG and RGC data) was significantly decreased by I/R. The decreased retinal function was attenuated by VNS. In addition, I/R induced an increase in inflammation, which was reflected by elevated TNF-α expression in the retina. VNS significantly attenuated the increase in I/R-induced inflammation. Moreover, VIP expression in the retina and PPG, which may contribute to the inhibition of the inflammatory response, was significantly increased after VNS. Conclusion: VNS could protect against retinal I/R injury by downregulating TNF-α. Upregulation of VIP expression due to activation of the NOG-NTS-SSN-PPG neural circuit may underlie to the protective effects of VNS.
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- Meng-Nan Jiang
- Eye Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Eye Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Eye Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Eye Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Eye Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Reiner A, Fitzgerald MEC, Del Mar N, Li C. Neural control of choroidal blood flow. Prog Retin Eye Res 2018; 64:96-130. [PMID: 29229444 PMCID: PMC5971129 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2017.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The choroid is richly innervated by parasympathetic, sympathetic and trigeminal sensory nerve fibers that regulate choroidal blood flow in birds and mammals, and presumably other vertebrate classes as well. The parasympathetic innervation has been shown to vasodilate and increase choroidal blood flow, the sympathetic input has been shown to vasoconstrict and decrease choroidal blood flow, and the sensory input has been shown to both convey pain and thermal information centrally and act locally to vasodilate and increase choroidal blood flow. As the choroid lies behind the retina and cannot respond readily to retinal metabolic signals, its innervation is important for adjustments in flow required by either retinal activity, by fluctuations in the systemic blood pressure driving choroidal perfusion, and possibly by retinal temperature. The former two appear to be mediated by the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, via central circuits responsive to retinal activity and systemic blood pressure, but adjustments for ocular perfusion pressure also appear to be influenced by local autoregulatory myogenic mechanisms. Adaptive choroidal responses to temperature may be mediated by trigeminal sensory fibers. Impairments in the neural control of choroidal blood flow occur with aging, and various ocular or systemic diseases such as glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), hypertension, and diabetes, and may contribute to retinal pathology and dysfunction in these conditions, or in the case of AMD be a precondition. The present manuscript reviews findings in birds and mammals that contribute to the above-summarized understanding of the roles of the autonomic and sensory innervation of the choroid in controlling choroidal blood flow, and in the importance of such regulation for maintaining retinal health.
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- Anton Reiner
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, 855 Monroe Ave. Memphis, TN 38163, United States; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee, 855 Monroe Ave. Memphis, TN 38163, United States.
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, 855 Monroe Ave. Memphis, TN 38163, United States; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee, 855 Monroe Ave. Memphis, TN 38163, United States; Department of Biology, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN, United States
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, 855 Monroe Ave. Memphis, TN 38163, United States
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, 855 Monroe Ave. Memphis, TN 38163, United States
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Li C, Fitzgerald MEC, Del Mar N, Reiner A. Stimulation of Baroresponsive Parts of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract Produces Nitric Oxide-mediated Choroidal Vasodilation in Rat Eye. Front Neuroanat 2016; 10:94. [PMID: 27774055 PMCID: PMC5053990 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2016.00094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Preganglionic parasympathetic neurons of the ventromedial part of the superior salivatory nucleus (SSN) mediate vasodilation of orbital and choroidal blood vessels, via their projection to the nitrergic pterygopalatine ganglion (PPG) neurons that innervate these vessels. We recently showed that the baroresponsive part of the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) innervates choroidal control parasympathetic preganglionic neurons of SSN in rats. As this projection provides a means by which blood pressure (BP) signals may modulate choroidal blood flow (ChBF), we investigated if activation of baroresponsive NTS evokes ChBF increases in rat eye, using Laser Doppler Flowmetry (LDF) to measure ChBF transclerally. We found that electrical activation of ipsilateral baroresponsive NTS and its efferent fiber pathway to choroidal SSN increased mean ChBF by about 40-80% above baseline, depending on current level. The ChBF responses obtained with stimulation of baroresponsive NTS were driven by increases in both choroidal blood volume (ChBVol; i.e., vasodilation) and choroidal blood velocity (ChBVel; possibly due to orbital vessel dilation). Stimulation of baroresponsive NTS, by contrast, yielded no significant mean increases in systemic arterial blood pressure (ABP). We further found that the increases in ChBF with NTS stimulation were significantly reduced by administration of the neuronal nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor Nω-propyl-l-arginine (NPA), thus implicating nitrergic PPG terminals in the NTS-elicited ChBF increases. Our results show that the NTS neurons projecting to choroidal SSN do mediate increase in ChBF, and thus suggest a role of baroresponsive NTS in the BP-dependent regulation of ChBF.
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- Chunyan Li
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, TN, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, TN, USA
- Department of Biology, Christian Brothers UniversityMemphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, TN, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, TN, USA
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