In most cases, the increased pressure is not painful or even noticeable, he explains, but it nonetheless "slowly damages the optic nerve that connects the eye to the brain." This damage cannot be ...

Buys added that these fibres can become damaged ... the onset of nerve damage may be sudden. And depending on the degree of damage, it may heal within a few days or weeks but sometimes may require ...

People with diabetes face a number of health challenges related to their chronic condition, and loss of vision due to retinal ...

Every day in the UK around 240 people suffer the catastrophic impact of a stroke. Sometimes seen as “brain attacks” these ...

In this case report, Gad and colleagues performed corneal confocal microscopy to assess for evidence of nerve regeneration ...

This review considers the role that optic nerve head astrocytes might play in the initiation of axon damage, based on the hypothesis that these cells are sensitive to mechanical or ischaemic ...

Researchers have uncovered a key protein process that controls the activation of dormant brain stem cells, essential for ...

Fortunately, we have natural remedies to treat nerve damage as well. Here are some effective ways to heal the damaged nerves. Peripheral neuropathy is a disabling condition that can severely ...

Researchers describe how a gene called NANOG can improve the regrowth of damaged nerves after traumatic nerve injuries, like those sustained in motor vehicle accidents or gunshot wounds.

indicating a transverse section of myelinated nerve fibers. (D) Electron microscopy of a myelinated axon in a mouse optic nerve at higher magnification. The axon is surrounded by multilamellar ...

The study by Power and colleagues is important as elucidating the dynamic immune responses to photoreceptor damage in vivo potentiates future work in the field to better understand the disease process ...

Now new research examining ... Cancer treatments often cause nerve damage that can lead to long-lasting symptoms. Medication has proven ineffective in these cases. A sports scientist at the ...