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·December 1, 2022·4 min read

Ganglion Cells Created in Mice in Bid to Fix Diseased Eyes

Researchers induced non-neural cells that mimic ganglion cells in the eyes of mice, effectively reducing the impact of certain eye diseases. They hope to next replicate their technique in humans in order to help restore vision lost due to eye diseases.

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·September 28, 2021·5 min read

Living Retina Achieves Sensitivity and Efficiency Engineers Can Only Dream About

Study reveals how evolution and natural selection have optimized the mammalian retina.

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·June 23, 2018·5 min read

Important Step Towards a Computer Model That Predicts the Outcome of Eye Diseases

A new model of the retina can predict the outcome of defined perturbation.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 17, 2018·7 min read

Crowdsourcing Brain Mapping with Gaming Helps Identify 6 New Neuron Types

Players of the popular online brain mapping game Eyewire have assisted in identifying six new neuron types, researchers report.

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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·May 11, 2018·3 min read

Video of Moving Discs Reconstructed From Rat Retinal Neural Signals

Researchers have successfully reconstructed a short movie of randomly moving discs produced by rat retinal neurons, with the help of machine learning technology.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·September 28, 2017·4 min read

How Do We Sense Moonlight and Daylight? Neurons Share Job of Sensing Ambient Light Levels

Study revels M1 ganglion cell photoreceptors can tune into different ranges of light intensity.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·June 7, 2017·6 min read

Retinal Cells ‘Go With the Flow’ to Assess Own Motion Through Space

A new study reveals how specialized cells in the retina sense motion.

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·February 23, 2017·3 min read

How the Thalamus Helps Us to See

Researchers report on the role the thalamus plays in visual processing.

Diagram shows human retinal ganglion cells are shown at day 50.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·December 1, 2015·4 min read

Growing Retinal Nerve Cells in a Lab

Researchers have developed a new method that efficiently turns human stem cells into retinal ganglion cells.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 9, 2015·4 min read

Enlightening Discoveries: How the Eye Processes Light

Researchers have made novel discoveries about how the eye processes light on both cellular and molecular levels.

The image is a diagram of the photoreceptor stimulation.

Featured Genetics

·December 8, 2014·7 min read

New Therapy Holds Promise for Restoring Vision

New genetic treatment helps restore light sensitivity in blind mice, a new study reports.

This image shows the different types of cells found.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 24, 2014·4 min read

Seeking a Parts List for the Retina

Researchers use a computer algorithm to trace the shape of neurons and group them based on structural similarity. They were able to sort more than 350 mouse retinal neurons into 15 types, including six previously unidentified types.

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