... Abstract Optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the inner retinal layers is a new and very interesting tool for glaucoma diagnosis and follow-up. New spectral domain-OCT with layer segmentation analysis is able to measure thickness from the 3 layers containing parts of the retinal ganglion cells...

... Abstract Objectives: The authors describe the clinical applications, at inner retina level, of a new imaging approach: ‘en face' spectral domain-optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) of the retinal surface before and after epiretinal membrane (ERM) and internal limiting membrane (ILM...

... of the inner ear. ...

... silencing, focusing on its application to the inner ear. RNAi is a physiological phenomenon in which small, double-stranded RNA molecules (small interfering RNA, siRNA) reduce expression of homologous genes. Notable for its exquisite sequence specificity, it is ideally applied to diseases caused by a gain...

... Abstract The lack of effective treatments for many forms of hearing and vestibular disorders has produced interest in virally mediated gene therapies. However, to develop a gene therapy strategy that would successfully treat inner ear disorders, appropriate viral vectors capable of transfecting...

... potentially accomplishthis synergy. The chapter includes recommendations for a course design based on two projectscreated by the author integrating TC and MBSR for ages 11-14 in the inner city ofBoston, Mass., USA. ...

... Abstract Since 1958, stapedotomy has been the method of choice for middle ear surgeons whooperate on patients suffering from otosclerosis, especially stiffening of the interface betweenthe stapes footplate of the middle ear and the oval window, which is a part of the cochlea ofthe inner ear...

... Abstract Performing stapes surgery for otosclerosis is known to be potentially irreversibly harmfulto the inner ear function in about 1% of the cases. An early postoperative transient depressionof the bone conduction thresholds is frequently detected after stapes surgery. Thepurpose...