Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . "The value of both visual fields and optic nerve imaging is to better detect changes in the patient," said ...

Pituitary tumors can compress the optic nerve, leading to visual symptoms. Pituitary tumors are mostly benign (noncancerous), but due to their location, they can have significant effects on ...

Damaged optic nerves – which run from the eye to the brain – have been regrown for the first time by scientists working with mice. The researchers believe the technique might one day restore sight to ...

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 ...

Research suggests the possibility of restoring at least some visual function in people blinded by optic nerve damage from glaucoma, estimated to affect more than 4 million Americans, or from trauma.

A landmark study by Hyderabad’s L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, has ...

Scientists are investigating new ways to provide visual signals to the blind by directly stimulating the optic nerve. Their preliminary study uses a new type of neural electrode and provides distinct ...

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