Neuro
Stem Cells in Ophthalmology Update 6: Stemedica Paper Accepted for Presentation at ARVO
I recently received an update from my contact at Stemedica and would like to share the information with you. A safety study on the use of stem cells in the eye, in a clinical study underway at the Fyodorov Federal Institution of Eye Microsurgery in Moscow, to treat diabetic retinopathy and diabetic optical neuropathy with stem cells derived from bone marrow, has been accepted for presentation as a poster at the upcoming ARVO Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale at the beginning of May. An abstract is shown below.
Tobii launches TX300 Eye Tracker for linguistics and behavioral research
Tobii Technology, the global market leader in eye tracking, announced today its new Tobii TX300™ Eye Tracker. The TX300 is the first higher-frequency eye-tracking hardware that allows research subjects the freedom of head movement, which helps scientists create more realistic testing environments for detailed and efficient research of natural behavior and higher definition samplings at 300 hertz.
Damage to prefrontal cortex compensated by intact areas; ‘Phantom’ images stored in flexible network throughout brain
The ability to store phantom images in our brain in order to make visual comparisons is impaired by damage to the prefrontal cortex, but intact regions of the PFC pick up the slack in less than a second. Damage to the basal ganglia, however, causes more widespread impairment of visual working memory. New studies show how PFC flexibly picks up new function while retaining old.
Blind People Perceive Touch Faster Than Those With Sight
People who are blind from birth are able to detect tactile information faster than people with normal vision, according to a study in the Oct. 27 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The brain requires a fraction of a second to register a sight, sou...
Optic Nerve Hypoplasia With Pituitary Anomaly on MRI Correlates With Hypopituitarism
A pituitary anomaly on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can predict which children with optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) also have hypopituitarism, an endocrine disorder that can be fatal if untreated, researchers say. The study was presented here as a s...
ECTRIMS 2010: Orals, Retinal Imaging, and Other Highlights
Dr. Andrew N. Wilner highlights new diagnostic and therapeutic data presented at ECTRIMS 2010.
Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery
Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery
Neuro-Ophthalmology Lecture 1: Eye Muscles and Double Vision
This first lecture covers basic eye muscle anatomy, cranial nerve palsies, and gives a basic approach to localizing cranial nerve lesions.
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