Christopher A. Girkin, M.D., MSPH, EyeSight Foundation of Alabama Chair, and Massimo A. Fazio, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and ...

A new study reveals that high eye pressure could be a key factor in the early stages of glaucoma, one of the top causes of ...

They found even mildly elevated eye pressure can distort blood vessels and lead to hypoxia, an oxygen deficit. Extreme eye pressure led to hypoxia in approximately 30% of the lamina cribrosa tissue.

Porter's work concentrates on examining the lamina cribrosa, which is the sponge-like, porous part of the eye in the optic nerve head that provides structural and functional support to the retinal ...