introduction: demyelination is one of the main causes of neurological disability. it is the end product of numerous pathological processes, multiple sclerosis (ms) being the most common cause. more than 70% of the ms patients suffer from optic disturbances. this disease commonly affects the optic pathway, particularly the optic nerves and chiasm. several attempts have been made to produce a sui...

purpose : to demonstrate visual evoked potential (vep) changes in multiple sclerosis (ms) disease methods : a case series study of vep changes in forty-nine patients with definite, probable and possible diagnoses of ms referred to electrophysiology ward from january 2002 to december 2005. pattern vep was done for those with good visual acuity (va), and flash vep was done for those who did not h...

background :preterm birth is a significant global health problem with serious short- and long-term consequences. this study examined the long term effects of preterm birth on vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (vemps) among preschool-aged children.   methods : thirty-one children with preterm and 20 children with term birth histories aged 5.5 to 6.5 years were studied. each child underwent v...

purpose: comparison of the results of visual evoked potential (vep) in time domain and frequency domain between multiple sclerosis (ms) suspected patients and normal indivisuals. method: eleven ms suspected patients with normal visual findings and 20 normal individuals were tested by vep. results were compared between two groups. results: the time domain results showed no significant difference...

purpose : to evaluate the effects of memantine on improving visual function in patients with acute nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (naion) methods : this was a prospective, double masked, randomized, clinical trial. the study involved 47 subjects with unilateral naion of less than 8 weeks duration. eligible patients were randomly allocated to take either memantine tablets (5 mg ...

purpose : evaluation of efficacy of memantine (n-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist) on visual function of patients with acute non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (naion). methods : the study was conducted as interventional case series from november 2005 through november 2006 in farabi eye hospital . twenty-two patients with acute naion of less than 8 weeks duration entered the study. m...

one of the most important factors responsible for axonal degeneration following spinal cord trauma is ischemia produced by cord compression. previous studies have revealed that omental transposition upon the injured site of the spinal cord could be beneficial in the induction of partial improvement of neuroelectrical and motor function in laboratory animals. the purpose of this study is to veri...