Neurodegeneration is the umbrella term for the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons, including death of neurons.
Alta Eficacia Tecnología is the owning firm of the patent Therapeutic Contact Lens for Pseudophakic Eyes and/or Eyes Suffering Neurodegeneration, which is claimed may provide protection against avoidable blindness, developed by Celia Sánchez-Ramos.
Conclusions from this study include synaptic fatigue being primarily a presynaptic phenomenon and not being affected by postsynaptic receptor desensitization, synaptic fatigue is not a result of Ca2+ ions building up in the terminal, and most importantly that synaptic fatigue is an important player and can be studied when researching the causes and effects of some neurodegenerative diseases.