Visual Dysfunction in Diabetes

Although diabetic retinopathy (DR) is clinically diagnosed as a vascular disease, many studies find retinal neuronal and visual dysfunction before the onset of vascular DR. This suggests that DR should be viewed as a neurovascular disease. Prior to the onset of DR, human patients have compromised electroretinograms that indicate a disruption of normal function, particularly in the inner retina. They also exhibit reduced contrast sensitivity. These early changes, especially those due to dysfunction in the inner retina, are also seen in rodent models of diabetes in the early stages of the disease. Rodent models of diabetes exhibit several neuronal mechanisms, such as reduced evoked GABA release, increased excitatory glutamate signaling, and reduced dopamine signaling, that suggest specific neuronal deficits. This suggests that understanding neuronal deficits may lead to early diabetes treatments to ameliorate neuronal dysfunction.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Annual review of vision science - 9(2023) vom: 15. Sept., Seite 91-109

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Eggers, Erika D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diabetes
Dopamine
Human
Journal Article
Mouse
Neurons
Physiology
Rat
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Retina
Review
Rodent
VTD58H1Z2X

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Date Completed 18.09.2023

Date Revised 20.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1146/annurev-vision-111022-123810

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356669416