3-D Histomorphometry of the Normal and Early Glaucomatous Monkey Optic Nerve Head: Prelaminar Neural Tissues and Cupping

Abstract

These data suggest that in young adult monkeys with more compliant connective tissues, clinical cupping in early glaucoma is primarily due to fixed deformation of the ONH connective tissues and occurs in the setting of prelaminar tissues that are thickened rather than thinned.