[HTML][HTML] Neuroprotective strategies for retinal disease

MT Pardue, RS Allen - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2018 - Elsevier
Diseases that affect the eye, including photoreceptor degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and
glaucoma, affect 11.8 million people in the US, resulting in vision loss and blindness. Loss of …

Mental stress as consequence and cause of vision loss: the dawn of psychosomatic ophthalmology for preventive and personalized medicine

BA Sabel, J Wang, L Cárdenas-Morales, M Faiq… - EPMA journal, 2018 - Springer
The loss of vision after damage to the retina, optic nerve, or brain has often grave
consequences in everyday life such as problems with recognizing faces, reading, or …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroplasticity in adult human visual cortex

E Castaldi, C Lunghi, MC Morrone - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Between 1-5: 100 people worldwide have never experienced normotypic vision due
to a condition called amblyopia, and about 1: 4000 suffer from inherited retinal dystrophies …

Cholinergic nervous system and glaucoma: From basic science to clinical applications

MA Faiq, G Wollstein, JS Schuman, KC Chan - Progress in retinal and eye …, 2019 - Elsevier
The cholinergic system has a crucial role to play in visual function. Although cholinergic
drugs have been a focus of attention as glaucoma medications for reducing eye pressure …

Alternating current stimulation for vision restoration after optic nerve damage: a randomized clinical trial

C Gall, S Schmidt, MP Schittkowski, A Antal… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Vision loss after optic neuropathy is considered irreversible. Here, repetitive
transorbital alternating current stimulation (rtACS) was applied in partially blind patients with …

Harnessing brain plasticity to improve binocular vision in amblyopia: An evidence-based update

B Thompson, M Concetta Morrone… - European Journal …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Amblyopia is a developmental visual disorder resulting from atypical binocular experience in
early childhood that leads to abnormal visual cortex development and vision impairment …

Medical anti‐glaucoma therapy: Beyond the drop

PE Miller, JS Eaton - Veterinary ophthalmology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Barriers to effective medical therapy are numerous and include difficulties with effective and
sustained control of intraocular pressure (IOP) and adherence to prescribed anti‐glaucoma …

Brain functional connectivity network breakdown and restoration in blindness

M Bola, C Gall, C Moewes, A Fedorov, H Hinrichs… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To characterize brain functional connectivity in subjects with prechiasmatic visual
system damage and relate functional connectivity features to extent of vision loss. Methods …

New treatment for amblyopia based on rules of synaptic plasticity: a randomized clinical trial

X Huang, H **a, Q Zhang, C Blakemore, Y Nan… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
Amblyopia resulting from early deprivation of vision or defocus in one eye reflects an
imbalance of input from the eyes to the visual cortex. We tested the hypothesis that …

Non-invasive alternating current stimulation improves vision in optic neuropathy

BA Sabel, AB Fedorov, N Naue… - Restorative …, 2011 - content.iospress.com
Purpose: Partial blindness after visual system damage is considered irreversible, yet the
brain has residual visual capacities and considerable plasticity potential. We now applied …