Damage to the optic nerve can lead to irreversible blindness. A newly investigated regeneration factor could change that, UConn researchers report in the May 2024 issue of Experimental Neurology.

Newly identified mediator of inflammation resolution stimulates tissue regeneration and controls granuloma formation by Brigham and Women's Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain ...

Top row: Cross-sections through the mouse retina show very little free zinc (Zn2+) in normal mice (purple staining, left panel), but high levels after the optic nerve is injured (right panel ...

More information: Agnieszka Lukomska et al, Nfe2l3 promotes neuroprotection and long-distance axon regeneration after injury in vivo, Experimental Neurology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2024. ...