Sentences with phrase «optic nerve function»

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In experiments first reported several years ago, Blackshaw's team found a way to disrupt the normal function of the SCN without physically removing it and damaging the optic nerve.

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.

Harald Junge, Ph.D., CU - Boulder: Determine the effects of trisomy 21 on optic nerve development and function

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.

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.

B12: Keeps the optic nerve healthy protecting from glaucoma, improves nerve function and supports red blood cells.