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 ...

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 ...

One cause of a sudden loss of vision is referred to in medical terms as ischemic optic neuropathy. There are two types. One is caused by inflamed arteries in the eye that flow to the optic nerve, and ...

Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, also known as LHON or Leber optic neuropathy, is an inherited genetic condition. It often causes loss of central vision, starting in one eye and eventually affecting ...

Blindness is difficult to treat, in part because it can be caused by so many different issues in the eye, the brain, or the optic nerve connecting the two. But recently, scientists from the Swiss ...

Stimulation of the nervous system with neurotechnology has opened up new avenues for treating human disorders, such as prosthetic arms and legs that restore the sense of touch in amputees, prosthetic ...

Chameleons' wandering eyes have fascinated and puzzled scientists since the days of ancient Greece. Now, after millennia of ...