Historically, optic nerve involvement has been excluded from MS diagnostic criteria, but its inclusion in the new iteration ...

May 23, 2012 — Interventions resulting in optic nerve regeneration restored some components of vision, according to the results of a mouse model study published online May 21 issue of the ...

There are, however, no studies assessing the temporal relationship between optic nerve myelin and axonal damage with regard to RGC loss. EAE was induced in 8-week-old C57BL/6J male mice and continued ...

Scientists say they have completely regenerated damaged optic nerves from the eye to the brain in mice. Experts say the work offers new hope for people with glaucoma, a condition in which raised ...

Researchers stimulate neuroprotection and optic nerve regeneration in mouse models of glaucoma by Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science Schematic model of sustained activation of TrkB ...

However, a team of scientists at China’s Fudan University has recently built prototype retinal implants that can replace the ...

A study in mice shows for the first time that visual stimulation can help damaged retinal neurons regrow optic nerve fibers (retinal ganglion cell axons). In combination with chemically induced ...

STANFORD, Calif., July 11 (UPI) --By stimulating the optic nerves in blind mice, researchers were able to re-establish links between the eye and the brain to return partial sight, according to a ...

With an MRI, the ophthalmologist will be able to see the size of the optic nerve and view the optic chiasm. The optic chiasm is the place within the brain where some of the nerves from each eye cross.

Injured optic nerves can regrow toward the brain if treated properly, University of Connecticut scientists report in the September issue of Experimental Neurology. The findings in mice could lead ...