The FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to privosegtor for optic neuritis, a common symptom of multiple ...

For decades, restoring sight after severe eye damage sat firmly in the realm of science fiction. Now a wave of converging ...

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 ...

PHOENIX — Historically, optic nerve involvement has been excluded from multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnostic criteria, but its inclusion in the upcoming 2024 McDonald Diagnostic Criteria is expected to ...

A deep-learning model trained on optical coherence tomography scans of the optic nerve head reliably distinguished among various types of optic nerve damage, such as glaucoma, non-arteritic anterior ...

“Ischemia” is the term doctors use when a part of the body stops getting enough oxygen as a result of restricted blood flow. This is because blood carries oxygen in the body. In the case of NAION, ...

What Is Optic Nerve Drusen? Optic nerve drusen is a rare eye condition that affects between 3 and 24 people out of every 1,000 in the population. It’s difficult to estimate exactly how common this ...

Traumatic injury to the brain, spinal cord and optic nerve in the central nervous system (CNS) are the leading cause of disability and the second leading cause of death worldwide. CNS injuries often ...