Neurosciences News

Botulinum toxin may help expedite the recovery of acute traumatic complete sixth nerve palsy in severely injured patients, according to a Taiwanese retrospective study.

Patients taking sildenafil for erectile dysfunction can experience permanent vision loss within 24 hours of use, a small case series indicates.

LONDON — Patients with nystagmus tend to initially respond well to treatment, but “long-term surgical results have little effect” on the patient’s overall condition, said John P. Lee, DO, FRCS, FRCP, FRCOpth, speaking here at the Moorfields Bicentenary scientific meeting. “Surgery tends to reduce the wobble, but inevitably it tends to return to some extent.”

The congenital condition optic nerve hypoplasia, once considered rare, is being seen in increasing numbers, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Not much is known about the cause of the disease or why more cases are being seen now than in the past. Studies are under way to try to understand the etiology of the condition, which is often linked to serious systemic disorders.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Visual field tests can offer surgeons valuable information regarding the progression of ocular tumors in children, according to a study presented here.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Injury to the orbital tissues was observed in patients with shaken-baby syndrome, according to a study presented here.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Botulinum toxin relieved symptoms of internuclear ophthalmoplegia, a debilitating ocular motility condition, in a long-term study.

Scientists have been able to regenerate damaged optic nerves in mice, and the discovery may lead to potential treatments for glaucoma, according to a press release from Schepens Eye Institute, where the study was performed.

A neurological disease may be diagnosed via cocaine eye drops, researchers in Japan suggest.

A silicon retina chip to treat vision loss from retinitis pigmentosa has been implanted in a small number of patients, according to press releases from two universities.