"Optic Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The 2nd cranial nerve which conveys visual information from the RETINA to the brain. The nerve carries the axons of the RETINAL GANGLION CELLS which sort at the OPTIC CHIASM and continue via the OPTIC TRACTS to the brain. The largest projection is to the lateral geniculate nuclei; other targets include the SUPERIOR COLLICULI and the SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEI. Though known as the second cranial nerve, it is considered part of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
| Descriptor ID |
D009900
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.120.680
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| Concept/Terms |
Optic Nerve- Optic Nerve
- Nerve, Optic
- Nerves, Optic
- Optic Nerves
- Nervus Opticus
- Opticus, Nervus
- Second Cranial Nerve
- Cranial Nerve, Second
- Cranial Nerves, Second
- Nerve, Second Cranial
- Nerves, Second Cranial
- Second Cranial Nerves
- Cranial Nerve II
- Cranial Nerve IIs
- Nerve II, Cranial
- Nerve IIs, Cranial
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Optic Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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Surgical Resection of Clinoidal Meningiomas without Routine Use of Clinoidectomy. World Neurosurg. 2021 02; 146:e467-e472.
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Symptomatic Primary Tethered Optic Chiasm: Technical Case Report. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2020 Sep 15; 19(4):E440-E445.
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Optic perineuritis as the presenting feature of Crohn disease. J Neuroophthalmol. 2012 Dec; 32(4):345-7.
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You're too old for that. Surv Ophthalmol. 2008 Jul-Aug; 53(4):403-10.
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Software-enabled CT analysis of optic nerve position and paranasal sinus pneumatization patterns. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Dec; 131(6):940-5.