Glaucomatous
optic nerve injury involves early astrocyte reactivity and late oligodendrocyte loss.
There's no retinal ganglion cell regeneration or replacement after
optic nerve injury.
We will leverage state - of - the - art bioinformatic and biological approaches for investigating how these factors interact in combination to regulate axon growth during RGC development and test the potential of such factors for regenerating RGC axons in a rodent model of
optic nerve injury.
It turns out that after
optic nerve injury the mitochondria decay very rapidly.
Not exact matches
Studies have found beta - amyloid in tissue following traumatic brain
injury and as evidence of
optic nerve damage in shaken - baby syndrome.
They decay in the retina not just at the site of
injury in the
optic nerve, but back in the retina where we can be imagining them.
The accident left her with head, neck and back
injuries as well as a ruptured
optic nerve in her right eye, memory and spatial problems, a speech impediment and chronic headaches.