Patients with glaucoma who are using prostaglandin F (FP) receptor agonists to control their disease may experience ...

Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the bridging neurons that connect the retinal input to the visual processing centres within the central nervous system. There is a remarkable diversity of RGCs and ...

However, the study provides limited new insights into the relationship between retinal lamination defects and overall retinal function. Neural lamination is a common feature of the central nervous ...

Introduction: Cochlear spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) could be damaged by ototoxic drug, cisplatin (Cis), during which process autophagy was involved. FAM134B, the first detected endoplasmic reticulum ...

Touch receptors are a subtype of sensory neuron that are located in the skin and possess specialized endings that respond to mechanical stimulation. As part of the somatosensory system ...

The USAN designation reflects Okyo Pharma’s commitment to developing new therapies for unmet medical needs in ophthalmology. The suffix “-mod” in urcosimod denotes its classification as a modulator of ...

A dual-responsive hydrogel offers a breakthrough in osteoarthritis treatment by inhibiting neurovascularization and reducing ...

Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) are expressed by cells in the body in order to sense molecules that are associated with infection or tissue damage. They are important for activating the ...

This prospective case-control study included 85 patients with lung involvement related to the COVID-19 virus and a group of ...

We find that, following axotomy, sympathetic neurons in the superior cervical ganglion express vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), galanin ... Using two mutant murine strains (the slow Wallerian ...

While not a typical first-line treatment, doctors may also consider a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) block. The SPG is a cluster of neurons that sits behind your nose and above your mouth.

Blue light is the visible light at the blue end of the spectrum. Although not as energetic as ultraviolet (UV) light, there is concern that high doses of blue light may cause more cellular damage than ...