aopt2013

Chairpersons:

Dr. Neville Osborne, Oxford University, UK and Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Spain

Dr. Abbot Clark, University of North Texas Health Science Center, USA

Dr. Shahid Husain, Medical College of South Carolina, USA

Confirmed speakers:

Dr. Larry Benowitz, Childrens Hospital/Harvard Medical School, USA

Optic nerve regeneration and retinal ganglion cell protection in animal models of traumatic nerve injury and glaucoma

Dr. Thomas Yorio, University of North Texas Health Science Center, USA

Sigma-1 receptor-mediated neuroprotection of RGCs

Dr. Neville Osborne, Oxford University, UK and Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Oviedo, Spain

Hydrogen sulphide: a potential substance for the treatment of glaucoma

Dr. Shahid Husain, Medical College of South Carolina, USA

Delta opioid-receptor agonists protect RCGs and optic nerve axons from glaucomatous injury