Sentences with phrase «optic nerve degeneration»
Summary: All forms of glaucoma have in common optic nerve degeneration characterized by typical visual field defects, and are usually associated with elevated intraocular pressure, also known as ocular hypertension (OH).
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In fact, so much of the progress that we're making in laboratories, including mine, is on developing neuroprotective therapies that can protect the retina from degeneration, regenerate optic nerve fibers all the way back to their targets in the brain, and even replace damaged retinal ganglion cells with self - therapies that completely rebuild the optic nerve.
We seek to determine whether a particular type of imaging, known as «polarization - sensitive» imaging, is capable of reporting on the integrity of sub-microscopic structures within optic nerve fibers at an early stage of damage from glaucoma, preceding their complete degeneration and loss from the eye.
We seek in this proposal to determine whether a particular type of imaging is capable of assessing and reporting on the integrity of sub-microscopic structures within optic nerve fibers at an early stage of damage preceding their complete degeneration and loss from the eye.
Neuroprotection can also be applied later in progression to abate further degeneration and hopefully, hopefully, restore function by stimulating a self - repair response in the retina and the optic nerve.
Second, they will determine which components of the EDN system are involved in both degeneration of the optic nerve and retinal cell death.
• Refractive errors • Cataracts • Optic neuritis, an inflammation of the optic nerve • Retinal diseases, such as a retinal tear or detachment • Macular degeneration • Glaucoma • Conjunctivitis • Diabetic eye problems, such as diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema
Glial changes in the optic nerve correlate with axonal degeneration in a mouse glaucoma model.
Glaucoma, which refers to various eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, is the second most common cause of blindness in the U.S. Vitamin C also helps maintain connective tissue in the eye and may prevent macular degeneration.