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New Drug Effective for Low Blood Pressure

... however, nerve signaling traffic in the autonomic ganglion increases. Researchers theorized a drug that affects the autonomic ganglion would improve nerve transmission for orthostatic hypotension patients and trigger the reflex that co...

Measuring the Quantity of Information Passed on From the Eye to the Brain

...rchers recorded spikes of electrical impulses from ganglion cells using a miniature multi-electrode array. The...ysis of the visual world. The axons of the retinal ganglion cells, with the support of other types of cells, form the optic nerve and carry these signals to the...

Software System to Improve the Function of Retinal Implants

... protruding contacts reach neurons, which form the ganglion cell layer of the retina. These electrical stimulation contacts feed camera signals into the optic nerve. The camera may be attached to a frame of glasses and transmits its signals in a wireless fashion to the implant. Currently, the results do not...

Dystonia Awareness Week: 4 -11 June, 2007

...ns. Experts suspect that a problem in the basal ganglion (a part in the brain that controls movement) predisposes an individual to dystonia. Secondary or acquired dystonia can occur when the basal ganglia is damaged due to: Stroke Tumor Certain dopamine- blocking drugs used to treat psychia...

Nanomedicine Gives the Way for Nerve Cell Regeneration

... tissues as in vivo models and dissociated retinal ganglion neurons as an in vitro model, De Silva and his colleagues are currently investigating how these magnetic nanoparticles can be incorporated into neurons and axons at the site of injury. Although, this study is at a very preliminary stage to explore ...