Sentences with phrase «blood vessels in the retina»

-LSB-...] work by protecting tiny blood vessels in the retina of the eye and the inner ear.

High blood sugar levels can pull fluid from the lens of the eye and even damage blood vessels in the retina.

One feature of NIV is the excessive formation of new blood vessels in the retina, which can lead to a blinding hemorrhage.

These images from the virtual tissue model show, from left to right, growing areas of lower oxygen (blue regions, middle row) and the corresponding progression of protein VEGF (red regions, bottom row), concomitant with «domino - like» progressive loss of small blood vessels in the retina over time (region without arrows, top row).

These images from the virtual tissue model show, from left, growing areas of lower oxygen (blue regions, middle row) and the corresponding progression of the protein VEGF (red regions, bottom row), concomitant with «domino - like» progressive loss of small blood vessels in the retina over time (region without arrows, top row).

2 Retinal screening with a digital camera is used to spot signs of retinopathy, a diabetic complication that occurs when blood vessels in the retina of the eye become blocked, leaky or grow haphazardly.

In ROP, blood vessels in the retina grow outside of their normal space.

The researchers evaluated the use of the EyePACS «tele - ophthalmology» system to detect edema (wetness) resulting from leaky blood vessels in the retina at the back of the eye.

But too much VEGF in the eye causes the development of unwanted blood vessels in the retina that easily break open and bleed, damaging the macula and surrounding retina.

Disease - causing angiogenesis is a feature of advanced AMD in which blood vessels in the retina (the structure in the back of the eye that senses and perceives light) begin to grow new, abnormal blood vessels on the surface of the retina.

Just when I thought I had my life under control, my optometrist found leaking blood vessels in my retinas, brought on by diabetes.

In both cases, the B vitamins may work by protecting tiny blood vessels in the retina of the eye and the inner ear.

Other research has shown that oxygen - deprived cells in the retina produce a type of protein called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which triggers the growth of new blood vessels in the retina.

Years of high blood sugar can damage blood vessels in the retina, leading to diabetic retinopathy.

Actually, evolution did a better job with the eyes of birds (which have no blood vessels in the retina) and the octopus and squid (which have the light sensing cells on the surface).

Even while diving at speeds of 100 mph or more, falcons can spot prey thanks in part to a reduced number of blood vessels in the retina.

ROP involves an abnormal growth of blood vessels in the retina that may lead to scarring, retinal detachment and, in severe cases, blindness.

This redness results from light reflecting off blood vessels in the retina, the light - sensitive layer of tissue lining the back of the eyeball.

The second, intermediate layer of the retinal blood vessels seems to activate during periods of low oxygen and acts as a «reserve» of blood vessels in the retina.

Blood vessels in the retina are closely connected by structures called tight junctions, which are part of the blood - retinal barrier, a virtually impenetrable wall.

The blood vessels in their retinas — a view into the blood vessels in the brain — looked older.

-- The symptoms result from an excess of the growth factor PDGF, which prevents the temporary blood vessels of the foetal stage from disappearing, which in turn prevents normal development of blood vessels in the retina, says Karin Forsberg Nilsson, professor at the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at the Rudbeck Laboratory, who directed the study.

Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment can prevent damage to the blood vessels in the retina, which is a leading cause of blindness.

The blood vessels in the retina may shrink.