Discover a study linking allergic rhinitis to a higher risk of optic neuritis, revealing shared inflammatory pathways and key ...

Optic neuritis is a condition in which the optic nerve becomes inflamed and swollen, leading to an acute severe impairment of vision in the affected eye. The swelling may further lead to damage to the ...

A new therapeutic agent tested in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS) produced anti-inflammatory activity and prevented loss of cells in the optic nerve, according to a new study by researchers ...

A 71-year-old man was referred by his usual ophthalmologist to the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at Tufts Medical Center for bilateral decreased vision associated with bilateral optic disc edema. His ...

Optic neuritis is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by the inflammation of the optic nerve. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug designation to TRE-515 for the ...

Retrospectively reviewed children younger than 18 years old with optic neuritis in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung Children’s Hospital from 1998 to 2009. Visual recovery from optic ...

Ophthalmologists, optometrists, and neurologists may be widely overdiagnosing optic neuritis, researchers say. Neuro-ophthalmologists at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, could confirm only ...

A deep-learning model trained on optical coherence tomography scans of the optic nerve head reliably distinguished among various types of optic nerve damage, such as glaucoma, non-arteritic anterior ...

When the optic nerve is attacked by an inflammatory disorder called optic neuritis, certain brain areas reorganize themselves in response to the faulty visual information transmitted by the nerve, ...

Ophthalmic diseases specialist Oculis Holding AG announced positive phase II data showing its serum-glucose corticoid kinase-2 activator OCS-05 protected nerve cells and improved vision in patients ...

A new report examined optic nerve lesion length, measured on brain magnetic resonance imaging, at the acute phase of ON in 51 individuals. Optic nerve lesion length was significantly associated with ...