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The optic nerve head as a biomechanical structure: a new paradigm for understanding the role of IOP-related stress and strain in the pathophysiology of glaucomatous optic nerve head damage
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Libertiaux, Vincent, et al.. (2017). Eye-Specific Finite Element Modeling of Human Optic Nerve Head (ONH) Biomechanics. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58(8). 2457–2457.
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Reynaud, Juan, Stuart K. Gardiner, J. Grimm, et al.. (2015). Global Lamina Cribrosa (LC) Microarchitectural (LMA) Change in Non-Human Primate (NHP) Early Experimental Glaucoma (EG). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 56(7). 6151–6151.1 indexed citations
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Turner, Daniel C., et al.. (2014). The Magnitude of IOP Spikes Associated with Blink and Saccade. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 55(13). 149–149.1 indexed citations
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Fazio, Massimo A., Jeffrey S. Morris, Rafael Grytz, et al.. (2014). Age and Racial Differences in Mechanical Energy Absorption in the Posterior Human Sclera. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 55(13). 4552–4552.1 indexed citations
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Fazio, Massimo A., et al.. (2013). Racial Differences in Mechanical Strain in the Posterior Human Sclera. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 54(15). 3156–3156.1 indexed citations
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Williams, Galen, Ruojin Ren, Hongli Yang, et al.. (2013). Optic nerve head (ONH) connective tissue (CT) deformation within Non-Human Primate (NHP) eyes with moderate to severe (M/S) Experimental Glaucoma (EG). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 54(15). 2270–2270.1 indexed citations
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Yang, Hongli, Galen Williams, Stuart K. Gardiner, et al.. (2012). Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SDOCT) detected lamina cribrosa compliance during acute compliance testing between young and old normal Non-human Primate (NHP) eyes. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(14). 2824–2824.1 indexed citations
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Grytz, Rafael, Massimo A. Fazio, Michaël J. A. Girard, et al.. (2012). Loss of Elasticity in the Aging Human Sclera. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(14). 2800–2800.1 indexed citations
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Yang, Hongli, Galen Williams, J. Crawford Downs, et al.. (2010). Optic Nerve Head (ONH) Lamina Cribrosa Insertion Migration and Pialization in Early Non-Human Primate (NHP) Experimental Glaucoma. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51(13). 1631–1631.7 indexed citations
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Downs, J. Crawford, Michael D. Roberts, Claude F. Burgoyne, & R.T. Hart. (2007). Finite Element Modeling of the Lamina Cribrosa Microstructure in Normal and Early Glaucoma Monkey Eyes. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 48(13). 3301–3301.3 indexed citations
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Nauman, Eric A., Edward A. Sander, J. Crawford Downs, R.T. Hart, & Claude F. Burgoyne. (2005). Comparison of Animal Eye Geometries and Their Impact on Ocular Biomechanics. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 46(13). 1270–1270.1 indexed citations
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Downs, J. Crawford, et al.. (2004). Micro Finite Element Modeling of the Lamina Cribrosa in Monkey Eyes. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 2157–2157.3 indexed citations
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Downs, J. Crawford, et al.. (2003). Plastic Deformation of the Lamina Cribrosa Within Digital Three-Dimensional (3D) Reconstructions of Early Glaucomatous Monkey Optic Nerve Heads. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(13). 2103–2103.2 indexed citations
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