During American Academy of Optometry's Academy 2025 meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, Jacqueline Theis, OD, FAAO, gave her presentation "Neurologic Dry Eye: What Like It’s Hard?," which discussed dry eye and focused on its neurological components and complex nature. Theis, who primarily works in neuro and binocular vision, emphasizes that all dry eye has a neurologic component that is often under-appreciated. The brain and brain stem play crucial roles in maintaining ocular surface homeostasis through the lacrimal and meibomian glands.
Source: Optometry Times