An abnormal pupillary light reflex (PLR) is commonly detected in patients with glaucoma, and these differences can be used to distinguish glaucomatous eyes from unaffected eyes, according to the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pupillary light reflex testing may hold potential in detecting a hyperarousal subtype of ...

Pupil size in response to light could serve as a biomarker for concussion, according to a study published in Life. “A concussive injury to the brain is associated with changes in the PLR [pupillary ...

New research points to an easily measured eye response to light as a potentially useful way of diagnosing autism in very young children. Further testing is currently underway in a large cohort of ...

A new study published in Nature Communications shows that infants who are later diagnosed with autism react more strongly to sudden changes in light. This finding provides support for the view that ...

Medically reviewed by Johnstone M. Kim, MD Key Takeaways The pupil controls how much light enters the eye, allowing for clear ...

May 28, 2010 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — In an effort to find discrete phenotypic features that are consistently present in autistic populations, researchers at the University of Missouri Thompson ...

Introduction Changes to the pupillary light reflex (PLR) have been demonstrated in traumatic brain injury and in adolescents with a history of concussion. Assessment of changes to the PLR following ...

Measuring how the eyes' pupils change in response to light -- known as the pupillary light reflex -- could potentially be used to screen for autism in young children, according to a new study.