First based on our completed genetic study we will test if pharmacological inhibition of an identified protein via direct eye injection can promote long
distance optic nerve regeneration or whether, based on strong preliminary data, manipulation of another novel gene can induce such regeneration.
Not exact matches
«We looked at the
optic nerve and saw normal myelination,» Mukherjee said, referring to the fatty white sheathing wrapped around axons, the
nerve fibers that allow information transmission over
distances to proceed efficiently and rapidly.
The proposed study aims to investigate two novel approaches for promoting long
distance (ie, eye to brain)
optic nerve regeneration.