Abstract:

To date, many studies have focused on oculomotor abnormality in glaucoma patients.Compared with age-matched controls, eye movements in glaucoma patients showedsignificant changes, including reduced saccadic velocity, reduced saccadic amplitude, delayed saccadic reaction and lack of reverse optokinetic nystagmus. These changes in glaucoma patients may be related to the damage of retinal nerve fiber layer and eye movement regulation regions in rear visual pathway. Research on the potential utility of eye movements in early detection of glaucoma has begun to take shape. (Int Rev Ophthalmol, 2019, 43:  79-83)