DocumentCode
1520573
Title
An eye for detail
Author
Prives, Leslie
Volume
3
Issue
2
fYear
2009
Firstpage
19
Lastpage
20
Abstract
One of the smallest organs that can be regarded as most important to human development as the brain is the eye. The retina shares similar features with the brain leading scientists to hypothesize that treatments to cure diseases in and around the eye may result in treatments of diseases of the brain. The author reasons that the optic nerve is really an extension of the brain, which means that if the nerve is damaged, signals cannot be sent between the two organs. This paper focuses on the study of optic nerve regeneration to counteract this effect and treat diseases like glaucoma.
Keywords
diseases; eye; neurophysiology; patient treatment; brain; diseases; embronic stage; eye; optic nerve regeneration; patient treatment; retina; Back; Biomedical optical imaging; Embryo; Medical treatment; Optical sensors; Parkinson´s disease; Repeaters; Retina; Spinal cord; Stem cells;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Women in Engineering Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1942-065X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MWIE.2009.934540
Filename
5297832
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