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Loss of Neurons in Magnocellular and Parvocellular Layers of the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus in Glaucoma
Yeni H. Yücel, MD, PhD;
Qiang Zhang, PhD;
Neeru Gupta, MD, PhD;
Paul L. Kaufman, MD;
Robert N. Weinreb, MD
Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:378-384.
Objective To determine whether there is loss of lateral geniculate nucleus relay neurons, which convey visual information to the visual cortex, in experimental glaucoma in monkeys.
Methods Four cynomolgus monkeys with experimentally induced glaucoma in the right eye (referred to as the glaucoma group) and 5 control monkeys were studied. In both groups, the same conditions of fixation, tissue processing, staining, and measurement were used. In each monkey, the left lateral geniculate nucleus target neurons in magnocellular layer 1 and parvocellular layers 4 and 6, connected to the right glaucomatous eye, were studied. Immunocytochemistry with antibody to parvalbumin was used to specifically label relay neurons connecting to the visual cortex. The number of parvalbumin-immunoreactive neurons was estimated using an unbiased 3-dimensional counting method. The t test was used to compare the experimental and control groups.
Results The mean (±SD) number of neurons in magnocellular layer 1 was significantly decreased in the glaucoma group compared with the control group (20 692 ± 9567 vs 37 687 ± 8017; P = .02). The mean (±SD) number of neurons in parvocellular layers 4 and 6 was significantly decreased in the glaucoma group compared with the control group (100 141 ± 44 906 vs 174 090 ± 39 136; P = .03). Data are given as the mean ± SD.
Conclusion Significant loss of lateral geniculate nucleus relay neurons terminating in the primary visual cortex occurs in the magnocellular and parvocellular layers in an experimental monkey model of glaucoma.
Clinical Relevance Knowledge of the fate of neurons in the central visual system may lead to a better understanding of the nature and progression of visual loss in glaucomatous optic neuropathy.
From the Departments of Ophthalmology (Drs Yücel, Zhang, and Gupta) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Dr Yücel), University of Toronto, and the Department of Ophthalmology and the Health Sciences Research Center, St Michael's Hospital (Drs Yücel, Zhang, and Gupta), Toronto, Ontario; the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Dr Kaufman); and the Glaucoma Center and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego (Dr Weinreb).
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