Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 13, 2026

Dynamic Visual Tests to Identify and Quantify Visual Damage and Repair Following Demyelination in Optic Neuritis Patients
Published on: April 14, 2014
[Optic neuritis]
1Centre d'investigation clinique, hôpital Laennec, clinique neurologique, CHU de Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France. claire.meyniel@chu-nantes.fr
Abstract:
Optic neuritis is a common feature of inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system such as multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica. It may also reveal systemic inflammatory disorders including sarcoidosis, lupus, Sjögren's syndrome, Behçet's disease, or infections such as neurosyphilis or with Bartonella. In some patients diagnostic workup remains negative leading to the diagnosis of an idiopathic optic neuritis. A painful loss of vision is the usual clinical presentation. The fundoscopy is normal or shows papilloedema. Brain magnetic resonance imaging is a mandatory in all patients.
Related Concept Videos
Glaucoma: Overview
Angle Closure Glaucoma: Treatment
Open Angle Glaucoma: Treatment
Drugs such as carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, α2- and...
Anatomy of the Eyeball
Cranial Nerves: Types Part II
Facial Nerve (Cranial Nerve VII)
Cranial nerve VII, or the facial nerve,...
