The study introduces new tools for measuring the intracellular calcium concentration close to transmitter release sites, which may be relevant for synaptic vesicle fusion and replenishment. This ...

A 49-year-old white woman was referred by an outside eye provider to the glaucoma service at Tufts Medical Center for ...

Poor retinal health in midlife is associated with increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias later on, ...

In this new process, stem cells taken from a person's healthy eye can be used to rebuild the cornea in their damaged eye, researchers reported March 4 in the journal Nature Communications.

Thir­teen out of 14 peo­ple with eye dam­age ex­pe­ri­enced at least some im­prove­ments to their cornea af­ter re­ceiv­ing a stem cell trans­plant in one eye … ...

A fundamental basis for classifying ganglion cells is therefore the stratum, or strata, of the inner plexiform layer (IPL) in which their dendrites extend. Some are “monostratified,” their dendrites ...

"We discovered that abnormal tau proteins accumulate in retinal ganglion cells, which are key nerve cells in the eye that send information to the brain," said Maya Koronyo-Hamaoui, Ph.D ...

College of Textiles and Clothing State Key Laboratory of Bio-fibers and Eco-textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China ...

However, the ganglion-cell receptive-field profile in picrotoxin ... Lateral interactions at the outer plexiform layer. J. Gen. Physiol. 63, 62– 87 (1974).

Each treatment application kills cancer cells layer by layer, while preventing damage to the normal, healthy bowel around the tumour. Clatterbridge consultant Professor Sun Myint, who led the UK ...

Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures, and Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing ...