Sawyer McCarthy sang the national anthem at a Columbia Fireflies game, reaching millions of viewers — not only in America but ...

The most common of these syndromes include hearing loss or obesity, as well as retinal degeneration and/or optic atrophy, and some not only severely affect the overall quality of life of patients ...

Damage to the optic nerve can lead to irreversible blindness. A newly investigated regeneration factor could change that, ...

Yay. Ta, Mama? Yay, good girl. So, Piper has Septo-optic dysplasia which, one of the main features of that condition is that it affects her vision. Twinkle twinkle little star. Most of what she ...

Acute optic neuritis induced visual impairment can be predicted by presenting damage to anterior and posterior cortical visual pathways.

Optic glioma. This tumor of the optic nerve (nerve from the eye to the brain) emerges in early childhood in about 15% of children with NF1. This tumor sometimes causes bulging of the eye and/or loss ...

A novel gene therapy that leads to cellular rejuvenation could restore vision after non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) and glaucoma. The technique is based on a reprogramming ...

When an ophthalmologist assesses a patient with a history of a transient change in vision, the diagnosis of amaurosis fugax is the one most commonly considered. Amaurosis fugax is defined as a ...

indicating a transverse section of myelinated nerve fibers. (D) Electron microscopy of a myelinated axon in a mouse optic nerve at higher magnification. The axon is surrounded by multilamellar ...

The hypothesis that it disrupts the function of retinal ganglion cell axons by increasing mechanical forces on the lamina cribrosa of the optic nerve head has received considerable experimental ...

Cervical dysplasia is the presence of abnormal cells on the surface of the cervix (the opening of the uterus). Cervical dysplasia isn't cancer but it is considered a precancerous condition. Cervical ...

Cierra is passionate about social justice issues, fiber-optic internet and sourdough bread. When she's not researching and writing about broadband and internet service providers, you can find her ...