Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disorder that prompts the body's immune system to attack myelin, the protective sheath covering nerve cells in the brain, optic nerve and spinal cord. This can in turn ...

The humble planarian flatworm can regrow its brain. Here’s how this tiny animal will have you rethinking everything you ...

Vision loss has long been treated as a one-way street, a devastating endpoint rather than a problem the brain might quietly ...

Following brain injury, mice show sex differences in how their surviving cells compensate to promote recovery.

Axolotls can regenerate optic nerves, retinas, and parts of their brain. Provost's Undergraduate Research Award-winner Ted ...

Pediatric Eye Specialists, a leading provider of pediatric ophthalmology services in North Texas, has published a new educational resource titled Pediatric Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH) to help parents ...

ARPA-H invests $125 million in 3D printed eyes. THEA performer teams aim for first-ever transplant of human eyes to reestablish sight.

Optic neuropathies including glaucoma, traumatic injury, ischemic damage, and optic neuritis, are the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide; however, effective treatments for optic nerve ...

Abstract: The optic nerve plays a critical role in visual information processing by relaying signals from the retina to the brain. Diseases affecting the optic nerve, such as glaucoma, can severely ...