MeSH tree: A09.371.729
Researchers have found a possible way to stop abnormal signals in the retina that are linked to involuntary eye movements (nystagmus). In experiments on mouse retinas in the lab, restoring dopamine signaling stopped these ...
Oct 8, 2026
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Scientists have taken another important step toward restoring vision in people with certain inherited forms of blindness. In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh ...
Oct 7, 2026
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Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have determined how a molecule within cells can help tune the eyes' sensitivity to light. The study identified the molecule's binding site on a protein in retinal cells, which should enable ...
Sep 24, 2026
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An international team of researchers led by the University Hospital and University of Bonn, as well as the universities of Edinburgh, Basel and Pennsylvania, has identified a previously unrecognized form of inherited retinal ...
Sep 10, 2026
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Retinal ganglion cells, known as RGCs, are the retina's final link to the brain. They collect processed visual information, and their axons form the optic nerve. When these cells die, the lost connection cannot easily be ...
Sep 1, 2026
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National Eye Institute researchers have created the largest known database providing a reference for the size of individual cone photoreceptors, the cells in the retina responsible for color vision, across the lifespan. This ...
Aug 26, 2026
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Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative eye disease defined by the progressive death of nerve cells in the retina called retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and damage to the optic nerve. It doesn't have many warning signs, so significant ...
Aug 21, 2026
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For decades, scientists believed that photoreceptors in the retina relied primarily on neighboring support cells, known as the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), to remove waste. While the RPE is still responsible for clearing ...
Jul 29, 2026
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Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to grow specialized blood vessel cells critical to retinal health for the first time. When injected into mouse models of retinal disease, ...
Jun 30, 2026
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The environment experienced by young zebrafish influences both the shape and electrical activity of the neurons in the eye, which affects subsequent behavior.
Jun 28, 2026
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