The optic chiasm is an X-shaped structure formed by the crossing of the optic nerves in the brain. The optic nerve connects the brain to the eye. To biologists, the optic chiasm is thought to be a ...

Dil was injected into the left retina, and RGC axons were traced to the optic chiasm. In the wild-type animal, a subset of RGC axons is repelled at the midline and to the binocular pathway (top image; ...

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 ...

A 58 year-old woman developed daily headaches and blurred vision. On neurological examination, she had a bitemporal field deficit. Pituitary Macroadenoma. (Left) T1-weighted sagittal MRI; (Right) ...