Posts Tagged Nerve Fibers

  • Health Minute with CASI – The Amazing Brain – Part 3

    This month we continue a discussion of the Central Nervous System which we began in our May issue. The Central Nervous System includes the brain and spinal cord. Corticospinal or Pyramidal The area has been named “pyramidal” since it crosses through the medulla. Nerve fibers originate in ...

  • Health Minute With CASI – The Amazing Brain – Part 2

    This month we will continue a discussion of the Central Nervous System which we began last month. The Central Nervous System includes the brain and spinal cord. The Brain Stem is the central core of the brain stem consisting of mostly nerve fibers. It has three areas. • Midbrain: The most a...

  • January is Glaucoma Awareness Month January is Glaucoma Awareness Month

    By Nikhil Wagle Eye Surgeons Associates In the U.S., more than two million individuals are estimated to be living with glaucoma, and that number is expected to increase by 50 percent, to more than three million, by 2020. Glaucoma is an eye disease typically characterized by elevated pressure ...