Japanese university succeeds in imaging glaucoma optic nerve

Japanese university succeeds in imaging glaucoma optic nerve

Masaru Inatani, professor at the University of Fukui, talks in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 4, 23015, about the results of his team's research that succeeded in shooting a video of mitochondria moving through the optic nerve of a rat suffering from glaucoma. Inatani and his team, joined by two other universities, claim that it is the first time an object moving in the central nervous system of a mammal has been shot. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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