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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience
          ·October 8, 2022·5 min read

          The Effect of the Color Red on Brain Waves

          The color red is not particularly strong in terms of the strength of gamma oscillations it generates in the brain.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·July 20, 2022·6 min read

          A New Way to Fight Pigmentary Retinopathy

          The 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.
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          FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·June 16, 2022·5 min read

          Scientists Transplant Human Photoreceptors to Successfully Recover Daylight Perception in Mice

          Researchers developed a new method for producing high numbers of human photoreceptor cells. The human photoreceptor cells can be transplanted in bulk to partially degenerated mouse retinas and improve the detection of daylight in mice with damaged eyesight.
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          FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience
          ·March 8, 2022·5 min read

          Circadian Clock May Protect Aging Eyes

          If the circadian clock is disrupted, we might be at greater risk of retinal degeneration as we age.
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          ·August 18, 2020·5 min read

          Artificial Intelligence Recognizes Deteriorating Photoreceptors

          Novel artificial intelligence software can provide a precise assessment of the progression of geographic atrophy. The technology can also determine the integrity of photoreceptors and detect progressive degenerative changes beyond the main lessons associated with GA.
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          ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience
          ·January 12, 2020·5 min read

          How do fruit flies see in color?

          Researchers have identified a circuit in the brains of fruit flies, which enables them to see in color. The network is similar to that which allows human color vision. The findings could help in the development of AI technologies.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience
          ·November 25, 2019·5 min read

          Babies in the womb may see more than we thought

          Light sensitive cells in the fetal retina communicate as part of an interconnected network, giving the retina more light sensitivity during development that previously believed.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·February 28, 2019·5 min read

          Nanotech Makes it Possible for Mice to See In Infrared

          Researchers use nanotech to enhance vision in mice, enabling them to see infrared light as well as visible light.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience
          ·January 28, 2019·5 min read

          Tiny Eye Movements Affect How We See Contrast

          Contrast sensitivity may be a result of small eye movements people may not be aware they are making, a new study reports.
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          an eye and retinal cells
          FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosVisual Neuroscience
          ·October 14, 2018·6 min read

          Dish Grown Human Retinas Explain How Color Vision Develops

          Using human retinal tissue grown from stem cells, researchers shed light on how color vision develops. The study found thyroid hormones dictated whether the cells became blue, green or red photoreceptors.
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          FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience
          ·December 10, 2017·4 min read

          How Developing Visual System Axons Stay in the Correct Layer

          A new study from Tokyo Institute of Technology researchers provides insight into neural networks in the developing brain.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience
          ·December 1, 2017·3 min read

          Fish Oil Component Preconditions Vision Cells to Survive Future Injury or Disease

          Omega 3 fatty acids and DHA can help photoreceptors and RPEs to survive damage or disease, helping to protect vision.
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