Hundreds of thousands of Americans with glaucoma are not receiving the care they need — and a new Northwestern University study suggests that race, income and where patients live play a major role in ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Neurofilaments, acting like Velcro, disrupt brain function in neurodegenerative diseases by preventing organelle movement and lysosomal activity. In giant axonal ...

A fiber-optic connection is the best choice for fast home internet as it has a number of advantages compared to traditional copper cables, such as faster speeds and less interference. Many major ISPs, ...

The median nerve is one of many peripheral nerves that extend throughout the body. This nerve in particular provides important control of the hand, wrist, and forearm and is commonly associated ...

What Is Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome? Ulnar tunnel syndrome is pain, tingling, or numbness in your hand, caused by a pinched nerve in your wrist. It isn’t pleasant, but treatments and simple changes to ...

Ulnar nerve entrapment happens when there’s pressure on the ulnar nerve. The ulnar nerve travels from the shoulder to the pinky finger. It can cause symptoms like muscle weakness and numbness.

This knowledge could help design treatments aimed at restoring nerve function in patients with rare eye diseases," explains Ariadna Díaz Tahoces, lead author of the publication. The Ocular ...

Optineurin is linked to ALS and glaucoma, but the mechanism is unknown. Here, the authors show that optineurin mutation causes deficits in axonal mitochondria transport and neurodegeneration ...

followed by an enlargement of mitochondria in the optic nerve/optic tract during axonal regeneration. A temporary increase in mitochondrial fission and biogenesis occurs in the RGCs’ cell bodies as ...

Abstract: Optical chaos communications have been proposed for secure data transmission with the potential of high bit rate and compatibility with existing fiber-optic systems. Semiconductor lasers are ...

The mean diffusion values (FA, MD, DA, and RD) of the optic tract and optic radiation fiber tracts were then extracted ... ganglion cell layer; pRNFL, peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer. Our ...