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·November 14, 2018·3 min read

Combining Technologies to View the Retina in Unprecedented Detail

Researchers say adaptive optics enables direct imaging of neural tissue, which could lead to earlier detection of diseases that affect eye tissue.

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·October 28, 2018·4 min read

Mini Retinas Shed Light on Connection Between Eyes and Brain

Findings could help to develop new treatments to restore site when connections between the eyes and brain are damaged, researchers say.

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·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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·August 15, 2018·5 min read

Category Learning Can Be Influenced By Where an Object is in Our Field of Vision

Where objects appear in a person's visual field can affect the ability to determine what the object is, researchers say.

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·July 2, 2018·3 min read

Visualizing the Connections Between Eye and Brain

A 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.

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·June 25, 2018·5 min read

Why the Eyes Could be the Window to Neurodegenerative Diseases, Like Alzheimer’s

Researchers 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.