When your optic nerve doesn’t develop all the way, you may not be able to see through that area of your eye. This congenital condition is most often experienced by people who have mothers with ...

There are many ways in which the optic nerves can be damaged in glaucoma, resulting in optic nerve cupping. This is very harmful as it leads to extreme loss of vision in the affected eye. Treatment ...

Go to http://www.opticnerve.com. EAGLE COUNTY — Bill Cotton and Tom Fox have for decades been in a shady business. That business has just scored perhaps its biggest ...

One disturbing aspect of the Ebola virus is that even if doesn't kill you, it can cause lasting problems such as joint pain, fatigue, mental issues and visual changes. By some measures, 20 to 25 ...

The glasses’ camera captures visual scenes and projects them on the chip as a beam. AI converts these to electrical signals ...

A 2-year-old girl presented to the New England Eye Center because her parents were concerned about her eyesight. Her parents noticed that she was holding her toys close to her face and that she seemed ...

Optic nerve involvement is common among patients presenting with CIS of MS. Adding the optic nerve as a fifth site for dissemination in space fulfillment increases the sensitivity, decreases the ...

Discover a study linking allergic rhinitis to a higher risk of optic neuritis, revealing shared inflammatory pathways and key clinical insights.

A 30-year-old woman was referred to the New England Eye Center neuro-ophthalmology service for evaluation of bilateral optic disc swelling found incidentally during her annual eye examination. Her ...

Transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) has been shown to induce heat shock protein (Hsp) 72 in optic nerve head tissue. The neuroprotective effect of TTT was investigated in an optic nerve crush rat model ...