Sentences with phrase «severed optic nerves»

To confirm this conclusion, we next severed the optic nerve from the induced eye.

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And in transgenic pups whose optic nerves were surgically severed 4 days after birth, retinal axons grew around the gap, finding their way to the proper target areas in the brain.

In another experiment, the researchers severed rodents» optic nerves — an act ordinarily lethal to RGCs, whose outgoing fibers, called axons, constitute the optic nerve.

Visual guided behavior was significantly reduced however, when the optic nerve from the second (induced) eye was severed (Noggin - induced eye, 95 % ± 4 % to 57 % ± 7 %, p = 0.002; control, 78 % ± 5 % to 52 % ± 5 %, p = 0.001).

The optic nerve was located and a 26 - gauge needle and forceps were used to sever and displace the optic nerve from the optic tract.