Rapid side-to-side eye movements can help stabilize posture, avoid falls and maintain balance for people with Parkinson's disease, just as they can for healthy people. This seemingly ...
A new method for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease could involve listening to the patient's eyes via microphones in their ears. It's all down to a type of eye movement called a saccade. One ...
Researchers have now investigated how sharp vision is linked to these tiny eye movements and the mosaic of cones. Using high-resolution imaging and micro-psychophysics, they demonstrated that eye ...
Doctors and pharmacists are always warning people with epilepsy about alcohol. If you have epilepsy, drinking alcohol can have serious consequences. Most people with epilepsy are told not to drink, ...
But detecting it can be difficult, particularly when those ... Scientists Discover Gene Responsible for Rare, Inherited Eye Disease Sep. 26, 2024 — Scientists have identified a gene responsible ...
Atonic seizures are rare in adults. Neurons, or nerve cells in the brain, communicate with each other constantly by transmitting electrical impulses from one to another. Voluntary and involuntary ...
The study, published in the journal eLife, reveals that these microscopic eye movements work in perfect harmony with the arrangement of light-sensing cells in our eyes, automatically adjusting to help ...
First author Jenny Witten in front of the micro-psychophysical setup. Credit: MIB-Center at the UKB / Volker Lannert. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn ...