"Optic Chiasm" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The X-shaped structure formed by the meeting of the two optic nerves. At the optic chiasm the fibers from the medial part of each retina cross to project to the other side of the brain while the lateral retinal fibers continue on the same side. As a result each half of the brain receives information about the contralateral visual field from both eyes.
| Descriptor ID |
D009897
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.730.317.578 A08.800.800.120.680.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Optic Chiasm- Optic Chiasm
- Chiasm, Optic
- Chiasms, Optic
- Optic Chiasms
- Optic Chiasma
- Chiasma, Optic
- Chiasmas, Optic
- Optic Chiasmas
- Optic Decussation
- Decussation, Optic
- Decussations, Optic
- Optic Decussations
- Chiasma Opticum
- Chiasma Opticums
- Opticum, Chiasma
- Opticums, Chiasma
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Optic Chiasm" by people in Profiles.
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Visual Findings in Chiasmal Syndromes. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2016; 56(1):1-27.
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Optic neuropathy and perichiasmal tuberculomas associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis meningitis in pregnancy. Can J Ophthalmol. 2009 Dec; 44(6):713-5.
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Diabetes insipidus and panhypopituitarism due to intrasellar metastasis from medullary thyroid cancer. Head Neck. 2009 Mar; 31(3):419-23.
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Relationship between retinal nerve fiber layer and visual field sensitivity as measured by optical coherence tomography in chiasmal compression. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006 Nov; 47(11):4827-35.
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Orbital and optic chiasmal extension of uveal melanoma. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004 Sep; 20(5):387-90.
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Chiasmal syndromes. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2003 Dec; 14(6):325-31.
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Vax2 inactivation in mouse determines alteration of the eye dorsal-ventral axis, misrouting of the optic fibres and eye coloboma. Development. 2002 Feb; 129(3):805-13.
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Oa1 knock-out: new insights on the pathogenesis of ocular albinism type 1. Hum Mol Genet. 2000 Nov 22; 9(19):2781-8.
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Follow-up of optic pathway gliomas in children with neurofibromatosis type 1. Neuropediatrics. 1994 Dec; 25(6):295-300.
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Radiation-induced injury to the visual pathway. Radiother Oncol. 1994 Jan; 30(1):17-25.