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·August 2, 2021·5 min read

Retina Hardwired to Predict Path of Moving Objects

Neural circuits within the retina are able to generate the information required to predict the movement and path of an object before visual signals leave the eye, researchers report.

This is a watercolor painting of a blue eye

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·February 17, 2021·4 min read

COVID-19 Linked to Potentially Dangerous Eye Abnormalities

A new, lasting consequence of COVID-19 infection has been identified. Researchers report they have identified significant abnormalities in the eyes of those with severe coronavirus infection.

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·January 5, 2021·6 min read

Routine Eye Scans May Give Clues to Cognitive Decline in Diabetes

Routine eye exams could help identify changes associated with cognitive decline in patients with type 1 diabetes.

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·May 14, 2020·4 min read

Retinal texture could provide early biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease

The topmost layer of neurons in the retina of mouse models of Alzheimer's disease exhibits textural changes. The findings could be a new biomarker for Alzheimer's disease.

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·April 30, 2020·2 min read

Eyes send an unexpected signal to the brain

A new study puts into question conventional belief that the eyes communicate with the brain exclusively via one signaling pathway. Researchers have identified a subset of retinal neurons that sends inhibitory signals to the brain. This subset of neurons is also involved in the synchronization of circadian rhythms to light/dark cycles and pupil constriction to bright light intensity.

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·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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·October 17, 2019·5 min read

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

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.

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·September 13, 2019·4 min read

New insights into how astrocytes help the brain process information

Noradrenaline is essential for astrocytes to respond to local stimulation.

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·July 18, 2019·5 min read

Stimulating neurons to induce particular perceptions in mice’s minds

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

This shows the retina with and without gene therapy

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·July 8, 2019·3 min read

Retina restructures itself after cell death

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

This shows how C3 microglia acts to resolve RP

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·June 17, 2019·4 min read

Immune system can slow degenerative eye disease: Mouse study

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

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·May 6, 2019·6 min read

A brain region for Pokémon characters?

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.

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retina

Retina Hardwired to Predict Path of Moving Objects

COVID-19 Linked to Potentially Dangerous Eye Abnormalities

Routine Eye Scans May Give Clues to Cognitive Decline in Diabetes

Retinal texture could provide early biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease

Eyes send an unexpected signal to the brain

Babies in the womb may see more than we thought

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

New insights into how astrocytes help the brain process information

Stimulating neurons to induce particular perceptions in mice’s minds

Retina restructures itself after cell death

Immune system can slow degenerative eye disease: Mouse study

A brain region for Pokémon characters?

70-Year-Old Drug Could Stop Epilepsy Seizures

Vision Rescued: How Stem Cells “Rehabilitate” the Dying Eye

Tubulin May Prevent Against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

Healing Without the Hallucinations: The Next Generation of Psilocybin Therapy

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