http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/ Duane's Retraction Syndrome Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:14:19 GMT viper122688 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13184 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13184 Heyy, everyone. I'm a 21 year old college student who has Duane's Type 1 in my left eye. It's relatively minor compared to the other types of Duane's and I Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:27:14 GMT coyleco10 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13183 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13183 We are hoping for both. Our son had VRT with Dr. Rosenbaum in 08. We asked if he would still be a canidate for the microchip and Dr. R said he would but Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:29:47 GMT q33dr http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13182 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13182 For now i believe its aimed at only improving Lateral movement. The only muscle that will benefit is the Lateral Rectus. If successfull I guess it could extend Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:10:54 GMT Dipesh http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13181 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13181 This work is amazing and i hope its not long away. Very much going to folloow this strongly! Its amazing what the human race is able to acheive with proper Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:06:51 GMT Dipesh http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13180 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13180 Ahh thanks for the answers guys this seems to be very interesting so it will be a go between for all the signals i guess ensuring that the muscles are sent the Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:04:50 GMT SariScribe@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13179 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13179 I'm not a medical professional either, but here is my take: In Duane's patients, either the nerve that tells the muscle to pull the eye outward (Type 1) or Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:19:32 GMT anitamjohnson@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13178 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13178 A muscle needs the nerve to energize it to give it movement.  As I understand it, the chip would supply the energy.  This is a very amateur, non-medical Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:47:33 GMT Dipesh http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13177 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13177 Do you know how the chip would work and how it would create the movement? Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:52:30 GMT Dipesh http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13176 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13176 Gosh sounds very interesting wonder if there were any updates on this? Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:19:30 GMT emjcol http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13175 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13175 That's interesting about the disconjugate gaze when looking right or left following vrt.    Emily had vrt (followed by botox 3 months later) on her right Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:37:59 GMT q33dr http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13174 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13174 wire breakage since the muscles are constantly moving Type the above into google and the first article contains information about how the research into Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:13:35 GMT anitamjohnson@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13173 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13173 My understanding of DS is that the nerve is missing or not attached to the muscle.  When were at the Jules Stein Institute, UCLA where Dr. R. practices, we Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:10:21 GMT Dipesh http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13172 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13172 Right so been doing some reading and discovered this new research area of artificial muscles. I am sure they are trying to develop one for duanes but wondered Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:54:01 GMT Dipesh http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13171 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13171 Did you get any outward lateral movement towards your ear from this? Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:42:40 GMT Desiree Glaser http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13170 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/duanes/message/13170 My now 9 y/o daughter has Type 1 of the right eye. She had VRT with Dr R when she was 5. She was unable to abduct her right eye but could fully adduct it