Eye On Vision Foundation

The Headache Group of Dr. Peter Goadsby from the University of California, San Francisco presented their preliminary results of an interview study with patients with “visual snow” at the American Academy of Neurology 64^th Annual Meeting in New Orleans. The platform presentation with the title “Visual Snow: a New Disease Entity Distinct from Migraine Aura” was held at the headache session of this meeting and received great attention from the auditorium consisting of Neurologists, Neuro-ophthalmologists and Ophthalmologists. It was presented as a “Highlight in the Field” of both, the headache and neuro-ophthalmology sections.

In June, the project “Clinical Characterization of ‘Visual Snow’ (Positive Persistent Visual Disturbance)” was presented by Dr. Christoph Schankin from Dr. Goadsby’s group at the 54^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society. It was chosen for the “Frontiers in Headache Research Scholarship” award by the scientific committee of the American Headache Society. The audience showed great interest in the topic and the results of this study. Many attendees of the presentation communicated having seen patients with “visual snow” and appreciated research being done to improve knowledge and treatment of this disabling medical condition.

Currently, Dr. Goadsby and Dr. Schankin are investigating the biological mechanism behind “visual snow” by doing brain imaging studies (routine MRI and PET). They are looking for study participants who would be willing to travel to San Francisco.

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