Abstract #3570
            Hypertension Induced Change of Retina and Optic Tract in SHR
                      Qian Wang                     1,2                    , Yunxia Li                     1,3                    , Eric R 						Muir                     1                    , Qiang Shen                     1                    , Shiliang Huang                     1                    , 						and Timothy Q Duong                     1          
            
            1
           
           Research Imaging Institute, The University 
						of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San 
						Antonio, TX, United States,
           
            2
           
           Xiang 
						Ya School of Medicine, Central South University, 
						Changsha, China,
           
            3
           
           Department 
						of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, 
						Shanghai, China
          
            
          The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of 
						hypertension on the optic tract and retinal nerve fiber 
						layer thickness in the established rat model of 
						hypertension (SHR). Comparisons were made with 
						age-matched normotensive Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats. In 
						conclusion, we found evidence that chronic hypertension 
						damage white matter in the optic tract (as indicated by 
						FA disruption and immunohistology) and retina (as 
						indicated by retinal nerve fiber layer and vascular 
						diameter changes) in an established animal model of 
						hypertension.
         
				
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