FeaturedNeuroscience·July 14, 2010·3 min read3 Blind Mice Could See? ipRGCs Help Rods and Cones with Image FormationMice without rods and cones were able to use ipRGCs to detect light and possibly form low acuity images.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·January 12, 2023·3 min readA Key Step Toward New Treatment for Hereditary BlindnessUsing animal models, researchers demonstrate a potentially effective approach to treating blindness associated with genetic conditions by using mRNA and lipid nanoparticles.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·July 20, 2022·6 min readA New Way to Fight Pigmentary RetinopathyThe visual system adapts to the loss of photoreception by increasing sensitivity but simultaneously becomes deleteriously hyperactive. The findings could lead to new therapies to protect vision or reverse vision loss.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 5, 2014·3 min readA Short Stay in Darkness May Heal Hearing WoesResearchers find simulated blindness in adult mice sharpens the animal's hearing.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·October 25, 2016·3 min readAfter Blindness, The Adult Brain Can Learn to See AgainA new study uses retinal prosthetics to assess the brain's ability to process visual information years after blindness occurs.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·November 21, 2016·5 min readAlzheimer’s Proteins Could Be At Fault For Leading Cause of Vision Loss in Older PeopleA new study reports amyloid beta proteins are able to accumulate in the retina and damage it, which may result in age related macular degeneration in older people.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 14, 2012·5 min readAn Artificial Retina With the Capacity to Restore Normal VisionResearchers decipher the retina's neural code for brain communication to create novel, more effective prosthetic retinal device for blindness.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·March 20, 2022·7 min readAntabuse May Help Revive Vision in People With Progressive Blinding DisordersAntabuse, a drug commonly prescribed to treat alcohol use disorder, may help to restore eyesight in people with genetic retinitis pigmentosa and other disorders associated with retinal degeneration.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 11, 2022·6 min readBioengineered Cornea Can Restore Sight to the Blind and Visually ImpairedResearchers have developed a cornea implant from the collagen protein of pig skin. The implant restored the vision of 20 people with diseased corneas. The new implant could be a viable alternative to human cornea transplantation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·July 27, 2022·4 min readBlack Patients Found Six Times More Likely to Have Advanced Vision Loss After Glaucoma Diagnosis Than White PatientsResearchers say Black patients are at greater risk of advanced vision loss than white patients following a diagnosis of primary open angle glaucoma.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 16, 2021·5 min readBlind People Can’t See Color but Understand It the Same Way as Sighted PeopleFindings upend the long-standing belief that blind people lack deep knowledge of visual phenomena.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·August 1, 2018·4 min readBlind People Depend on Timing Cues for Some Spatial AwarenessResearchers report blind people need additional timing cues to accurately judge relative locations of sounds, but those without visual impairments who were blindfolded could judge the relative location of sounds independently from timing cues.Read More
