These tumors are less likely to spread to surrounding tissues, compared with higher-grade tumors, so they often have better outcomes. Low-grade gliomas are tumors that start in the glial cells in ...

Optic Neuritis: Clinical Features Optic neuritis refers to inflammation of the optic nerve. The term may be used broadly in reference to many causes of optic nerve inflammation including systemic ...

Gaze-evoked nystagmus typically results from damage to the neural integrator (the medial vestibular nucleus, nucleus prepositus hypoglossi and cerebellar flocculus for horizontal gaze; the ...

Jack Hoffman, the namesake of the Team Jack Foundation and a pre-law student at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, died ...

Jack Hoffman, who catapulted into the hearts of sports fans for his Nebraska spring game run in 2013, died Wednesday. He was 19.

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The cells are hybrids, part neuron and part glia, and are present in both glioma, a type of brain tumor, ... Sep. 3, 2024 — Researchers took a deep look at tumor samples from patients with ...

Tumors near the optic nerve (optic glioma) can directly damage the nerve ... especially if the tumor is located in the brainstem or cerebellum, which are areas involved in coordinating eye ...