The dehydration of rat optic nerve has been studied by allowing specimens to become partially or fully dried before fixation and preparation for electron microscopy. A correlation is established ...

Decoding The Visual Pathway: Dr. Mandeep Singh Basu, Director of Dr. Basu Eye Hospital, examines the optic nerve's functions and how it connects our eyes to our brains. The human visual system is a ...

The optic nerve is the nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain. The optic nerve is composed of retinal ganglion cell axons and support cells. It leaves the orbit (eye) via ...

Existing methodologies for imaging the optic nerve head surface topography and measuring the retinal nerve fibre layer thickness include confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (Heidelberg retinal ...

Optic atrophy is a condition in which the optic nerve begins to deteriorate. The optic nerve is the nerve at the back of your eye that connects your eye to your brain, allowing you to see. There are a ...

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

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 ...

An optic nerve glioma is a type of noncancerous, slow-growing tumor that develops in the glial cells of the optic nerve. They are most common in children. Doctors may refer to this type of tumor as ...

Researchers have shown that the chameleon has a coiled optic nerve, which they believe allows the lizard to increase their ...

The human body is complex, and many things can go wrong while a baby is developing. Sometimes, genetic mutations occur, or things don’t form quite right. One condition that can result from ...