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optic nerve
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second cranial nerve, which connects the eyes to the brain
The optic nerve is the nerve that carries visual information from your eyes to your brain, allowing you to see. It's the second of the major nerves that branch directly from the brain and is essential for your vision to work.
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Research
68,287 papers- [Optic nerve decompression-state of the art].ReviewHNO · 2022Korn P, Schipper J, Jehn P et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00106-022-01209-2
- The optic nerve.ReviewSeminars in neurology · 2009Selhorst JB, Chen YDOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1124020
- The swollen optic nerve: an approach to diagnosis and management.ReviewPractical neurology · 2019Margolin EDOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2018-002057
- Primary optic nerve sheath schwannoma: a case report.ReviewBritish journal of neurosurgery · 2023Sharma A, Singh D, Saran RDOI: 10.1080/02688697.2020.1869181
- Optic Nerve.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2017Gordon LKDOI: 10.1007/164_2016_19
- The optic nerve.ReviewCurrent opinion in neurology · 1996Miller NRDOI: 10.1097/00019052-199602000-00003
- [Optic Nerve Head Diagnostics with Optical Coherence Tomography].ReviewKlinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde · 2018Unterlauft JD, Tegetmeyer HDOI: 10.1055/s-0042-116073
- Congenital optic nerve anomalies.ReviewCurrent opinion in ophthalmology · 1998Golnik KCDOI: 10.1097/00055735-199812000-00004
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In neuroanatomy, the optic nerve, also known as the second cranial nerve, cranial nerve II, or simply CN II, is a paired cranial nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain. In humans, the optic nerve is derived from optic stalks during the seventh week of development and is composed of retinal ganglion cell axons and glial cells; it extends from the optic disc to the optic chiasma and continues as the optic tract to the lateral geniculate nucleus, pretectal nuclei, and superior colliculus.
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