Electric Fields Direct Full-Length Optic Nerve Regeneration and Partial Restoration of Visual Function
Creator
Micalla Peng
Affiliation
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Subject
Optic Neuropathy; Optic Nerve Trauma and Treatment
Description
Restoration of vision in patients blinded by advanced optic neuropathies requires therapies that promote retinal ganglion cell (RGC) survival and direct RGC axon regeneration. Previously, we showed that electric fields (EFs) direct RGC axon growth towards the cathode (negative electrode), in vitro. Here, we hypothesized that exogenous application of EFs can be exploited to direct optic nerve regeneration in vivo.
Date
2022-02
Language
eng
Format
video/mp4
Type
Image/MovingImage
Source
2022 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of
NANOS Annual Meeting 2022: Scientific Platform III