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Daily exposure to blue light may accelerate aging, even if it doesn’t reach your eyes

Neuroscience NewsOctober 17, 2019

Fruit flies exposed to blue light had significantly reduced longevity than those exposed to natural light or kept in darkness. Exposure to blue light for 12 hours a day accelerated aging phenotypes, causing retinal damage, neurodegeneration, and impaired locomotion.... Read More...

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New insights into how astrocytes help the brain process information

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 13, 2019

Noradrenaline is essential for astrocytes to respond to local stimulation.... Read More...

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Stimulating neurons to induce particular perceptions in mice’s minds

Neuroscience NewsJuly 18, 2019

Using optogenetics, researchers stimulated neurons in the visual cortex of mice to induce illusory images in the animals' minds.... Read More...

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Retina restructures itself after cell death

Neuroscience NewsJuly 8, 2019

Gene therapy can restore the structure of the retina and regain normal light responses.... Read More...

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This shows how C3 microglia acts to resolve RP

Immune system can slow degenerative eye disease: Mouse study

Neuroscience NewsJune 17, 2019

Study reveals C3, which can cause damage in some eye diseases, may help to slow the progression of retinitis pigmentosa.... Read More...

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A brain region for Pokémon characters?

Neuroscience NewsMay 6, 2019

Adults who played Pokemon video games as children had preferential activation in the visual system for Pokemon character, researchers report. The finding shed light on the development of the visual system and categorization in the brain. ... Read More...

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This shows CT1 cells in a fly's visual system

Multitasking with perfection: Nerve cell works like 1400 individual cells – Fly Study

Neuroscience NewsApril 28, 2019

CT1 cells connect around 1400 areas in the fly brain. Each cell area works like a separate neuron, allowing CT1 to access information from the fly's eye and support local motion detection.... Read More...

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Microglia, immune cells of the central nervous system, shown to regulate neuroinflammation

Neuroscience NewsApril 23, 2019

In uveitis, microglia facilitates the entry of inflammatory immune cells into the retina, enabling the host immune responses to attack cells not normally recognized by the immune system.... Read More...

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How the Brain Processes Images

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 22, 2019

Researchers report signals from the retina are subjected to selective processing at the earliest neural way-station in the functional pathway connecting the retina to the visual cortex.... Read More...

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Heavy Smoking Can Damage Vision

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 18, 2019

A new study reports those who smoke 20 or more cigarettes a day have a reduced ability to discriminate contrast and colors compared to non smokers. ... Read More...

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Tiny Eye Movements Affect How We See Contrast

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 28, 2019

Contrast sensitivity may be a result of small eye movements people may not be aware they are making, a new study reports.... Read More...

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Surprise Discovery Reveals Second Visual System in Cerebral Cortex: Mouse Study

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 3, 2019

A new study challenges 75 year old dogma of mammalian vision. Researchers have shows the post rhinal cortex obtains visual data from the superior colliculus and is not dependent upon information from primary visual cortex. ... Read More...

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