Neuroscience
Researchers discover new type of nerve cell in the retina
Scientists at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah have discovered a new type of nerve cell, or neuron, in the retina.
Nov 1, 2021
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News tagged with photoreceptors
Neuroscience
Retina 'hardwired' to predict path of moving objects
Neural circuits in the primate retina can generate the information needed to predict the path of a moving object before visual signals even leave the eye, UW Medicine researchers demonstrate in a new paper.
Aug 2, 2021
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Genetics
Gene therapy shows promise in treating rare eye disease in mice
A gene therapy protects eye cells in mice with a rare disorder that causes vision loss, especially when used in combination with other gene therapies, shows a study published today in eLife.
Apr 13, 2021
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Genetics
Turning back the clock on a severe vision disorder
Gustavo Aguirre and William Beltran, veterinary ophthalmologists and vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, have studied a wide range of different retinal blinding disorders. But ...
Mar 31, 2021
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Ophthalmology
Team sets new bar in retinal imaging
A team led by scientists at the National Eye Institute (NEI) has noninvasively visualized the light-sensing cells in the back of the eye, known as photoreceptors, in greater detail than ever before. Published in Optica, the ...
Mar 11, 2021
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Neuroscience
Diverse neural signals are key to rich visual information
Visual sensation begins at the retina, which is the neural tissue located at the back of eyeballs. It has been known that the retina detects light using photoreceptors which are light-sensitive nerve cells.In case of retinal ...
Mar 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New research sheds light on vision loss in Batten disease
Progressive vision loss, and eventually blindness, are the hallmarks of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) or CLN3-Batten disease. New research shows how the mutation associated with the disease could potentially ...
Feb 6, 2021
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Neuroscience
Scientists identify locations of early prion protein deposition in retina
The earliest eye damage from prion disease takes place in the cone photoreceptor cells, specifically in the cilia and the ribbon synapses, according to a new study of prion protein accumulation in the eye by National Institutes ...
Jan 29, 2021
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Ophthalmology
Exploring the ciliary body's role in eye health
What if the degenerative eye conditions that lead to glaucoma, corneal dystrophy, and cataracts could be detected and treated before vision is impaired? Recent findings from the lab of Investigator Ting Xie, Ph.D., at the ...
Jan 13, 2021
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Medical research
Researchers discover drug development target for retinal dystrophies
A team of LSU Health New Orleans researchers reports for the first time that deleting one of the inhibitors of the RPE65 gene in a mouse model that carries a human disease mutation prevents degeneration of cone photoreceptors ...
Dec 1, 2020
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