Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word organizational affiliation. U.S. National Library of Medicine(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Organizational Affiliation. Formal relationships established between otherwise independent organizations. These include affiliation agreements, interlocking boards, common controls, hospital medical school affiliations, etc.
With sufficient damage, sight is lost. Damage to the optic nerve is irreversible because the cable of nerve fibers doesnât have the capacity to regenerate, or heal itself, when damage occurs. This is why glaucoma is an incurable disease at this point, and why early detection is so important.
Successful restoration of vision after optic nerve injury can be divided into five necessary steps: (1) First, damaged neurons must be able to stay alive. (2) The surviving neurons have to be reprogrammed to turn on their growth machinery for nerve re-elongation.5) Finally, the fibers also have to be guided back appropriately to their original target to re-form functional connections. Each of these steps presents a great challenge to our efforts to repair an injured optic nerve. In the past, most attempts to promote optic nerve regeneration focused on only one of these steps.