Thin layers of cells in the retina send electrical signals along the optic nerve to the brain, where they're translated into the images you see. Located in the center of the retina is the macula.

The case for GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic possibly causing blindness is building. A new paper out this week describes several people who developed eye conditions soon after they began taking semaglutide ...

Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss in those who are age 50 or older. In fact, almost 20 million people in the U.S. have some type of age-related macular ...

4 Thus, without measurement of core body temperature, determining whether abnormal VEPs result from demyelination of the optic nerve or from other concomitant physiological factors is not possible ...

A study reveals that lutein, present in fruit and vegetables, improves vision and protects the skin, which promotes new ...

more than 1 disc area away from the optic nerve head. The right macula and a bleb of serous retinal detachment temporal to it, signifying acute infarction of the choriocapillaris (white arrow).

The retina contains cells that trigger impulses that travel through the optic nerve to the brain ... Learn more about them ...

Conditions like glaucoma, macular degeneration, and corneal abrasions ... Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, usually due to high pressure in the eye.

In 2003 his right eye developed wet age-related macular degeneration, in which abnormal blood vessels leak fluid into the back of the eye. The result can be permanent blindness. Both eyes had ...

Macular edema is the leading cause of visual ... immediately above the nerve fiber layer, that is distinct from the underlying retina. [25] The presence of fibrillary changes underneath the ...