Sentences with phrase «optic nerve damage»

Studies have found beta - amyloid in tissue following traumatic brain injury and as evidence of optic nerve damage in shaken - baby syndrome.

A Boston neuroscientist hopes to deliver a ray of hope to the blind by bypassing eyes and optic nerves damaged by illness or head trauma and sending image information directly to the regions of the brain that process them.

Subject also suffers apparent optic nerve damage from SXSW - hottie - ogling (one can't look too long at the sun without consequences, after all).

«When we deleted CXCR3 or gave mice a drug that blocks the receptors following optic nerve damage, we observed fewer white blood cells on the scene by real - time noninvasive imaging, nerve damage was decreased and nerve cell function was preserved compared with mice that did not receive any intervention following injury.»

Benowitz believes oncomodulin could someday help reverse optic nerve damage caused by glaucoma, tumors or trauma, and plans to investigate whether the treatment could work to help treat stroke and spinal cord injury.

Their findings, published online in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, shed light on the underlying process responsible for optic neuropathy in KPro patients and also suggest a new pathway for preventing optic nerve damage in patients who receive the KPro implant.

Studying mouse models of glaucoma, Ban, Apte and their colleagues identified a molecule in the eye called growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), noting that the levels of the molecule increased as the animals aged and developed optic nerve damage.

The subjects also experienced hypoxic effects, as cessations in breathing cause blood oxygen saturation levels to drop, possibly triggering optic nerve damage that can lead to glaucoma.

He believes that the process of microglial activation and ensuing neuronal damage is the same in males and females, but that the presence of female sex hormones increases the microglial activation, leading to greater optic nerve damage and vision loss.

A rat model of chronic pressure - induced optic nerve damage.

As primary risk factor for glaucoma, elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is often associated with optic nerve damage and loss of vision.

Still other researchers are working with RPB grants to promote optic nerve regeneration, to study changes in trabecular meshwork gene expression about a decade before risk of the disease starts going up, and to determine if abnormal blood flow is an important factor in causing glaucomatous optic nerve damage.

One study conducted in 2014 concluded that smokers with Graves» disease were more likely to experience rapid eye deterioration, including the development of double vision, the constriction of eye movement, and irreversible optic nerve damage.

A study published online by JAMA Ophthalmology says that greater intake of dietary nitrate - rich and green leafy vegetables was associated with a 20 percent to 30 percent lower risk of primary open - angle glaucoma, Elevated intraocular pressure and impaired autoregulation of optic nerve blood flow are implicated in primary open - angle glaucoma (POAG; optic nerve damage from -LSB-...]

Ultimately, our research will help elucidate factors that prevent proper optic nerve regeneration and guidance, and to find strategies that promote reconnection of damaged optic nerves and restore visual functions following optic nerve damage.

The Zanello study also reports the presence of two indicators of optic nerve damage, glial fibrilar acidic protein (GFAP) and beta - amyloid.

Recent studies showed that optic nerve damage in glaucoma triggers the production of autoantibodies, which could be used as biomarkers to glaucoma early detection.

Fourteen patients exhibited retinal and / or optic nerve damage and had neuroimaging or neurological abnormalities detected at birth.

When the UNSW approach was used to assess 13 patients with early glaucoma or optic nerve damage, and 42 people without eye disease, greater vision loss was detected in all patients than using the standard test.

Scientists know that vision restoration training (VRT) can help patients who have lost part of their vision due to glaucoma, optic nerve damage, or stroke regain some of their lost visual functions, but they do not understand what factors determine how much visual recovery is achieved.

It is progressive and characterized by optic nerve damage.

Their primary aim is to understand and develop therapeutic strategies for retinal and optic nerve damage in glaucoma.

What do diabetes, heart disease, cancer, pre-mature aging, heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetic neuropathy, optic nerve damage, and stroke all have in common?