FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·April 23, 2019·3 min readMicroglia, immune cells of the central nervous system, shown to regulate neuroinflammationIn 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
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·February 22, 2019·5 min readHow the Brain Processes ImagesResearchers 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
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·February 18, 2019·3 min readHeavy Smoking Can Damage VisionA 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
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·January 28, 2019·5 min readTiny Eye Movements Affect How We See ContrastContrast sensitivity may be a result of small eye movements people may not be aware they are making, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·January 3, 2019·7 min readSurprise Discovery Reveals Second Visual System in Cerebral Cortex: Mouse StudyA 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
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·November 26, 2018·5 min readNeural Code that Predicts Behavior IdentifiedDifferences in activity between the left and right superior colliculi help researchers predict whether an animal was seeing an event.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·November 14, 2018·3 min readCombining Technologies to View the Retina in Unprecedented DetailResearchers say adaptive optics enables direct imaging of neural tissue, which could lead to earlier detection of diseases that affect eye tissue.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·October 28, 2018·4 min readMini Retinas Shed Light on Connection Between Eyes and BrainFindings could help to develop new treatments to restore site when connections between the eyes and brain are damaged, researchers say.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosVisual Neuroscience·October 14, 2018·6 min readDish Grown Human Retinas Explain How Color Vision DevelopsUsing 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.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 15, 2018·5 min readCategory Learning Can Be Influenced By Where an Object is in Our Field of VisionWhere objects appear in a person's visual field can affect the ability to determine what the object is, researchers say.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·July 2, 2018·3 min readVisualizing the Connections Between Eye and BrainA new study describes the activity of retinal neurons as they deliver visual information to the thalamus, an area of the brain implicated in image processing.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyVisual Neuroscience·June 25, 2018·5 min readWhy the Eyes Could be the Window to Neurodegenerative Diseases, Like Alzheimer’sResearchers say a new retinal imaging test could be a reliable tool for measuring the progression of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's. The study reports the tool can detect drusen, which is often higher in those with AD.Read More
