Retinal nerve fiber evaluation is important in the diagnosis and management of several diseases of the anterior visual pathway. In this report we review the clinical findings and the current techonologies avalilable to ...

The topography of the retinal nasal and temporal foveal projections upon the optic nerve and primary visual centers was studied in diurnal bifoveate birds of prey by means of restricted tritiated proline intraocular injection.

Background: Sonic hedgehog (Shh)/Gli pathway plays an important regulatory role on the neuroepithelial cells (NEc) proliferation in the dorsal regions of the developing vertebrate Central Nervous System. The aim of this ...

Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness. Visual function disorders have been demonstrated in diabetics even before the onset of retinopathy. At early stages of experimental diabetes, axoglial alterations occur ...

The management of progressive unresectable low-grade glioma remains controversial. Treatment options have included radiotherapy, and more recently chemotherapy, usually following an initial period of observation. Within ...

We report optical and spectroscopic investigations on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/silica composite free standing films. Amorphous silica nanoparticles are synthesized from rice husk ash using pyrolysis technique. PVA/silica ...

Immunohistochemical and retrograde tracing techniques were combined to demonstrate the occurrence of displaced ganglion cells (DGCs) exhibiting substance P-like immunoreactivity (SP-LI) in the pigeon retina. Following ...