retinal neurons

Researchers track neural connections between retinal cells in a dish to understand their therapeutic potential.

The organoids could one day be used to treat brain injuries in humans. 

Mice have neurons that connect to both eyes but only propagate the signal from one or the other, simplifying the information sent to the cerebral cortex.

Researchers repaired what is otherwise irreversible damage in the animals’ ocular neurons, by activating transcription factors ordinarily used to generate induced pluripotent stem cells.

Researchers injected the retinas of mice with nanoparticles that bound to photoreceptors and converted near-infrared light to green light that the animals could see.

A missing microRNA leads to degenerating neurons and blindness in a fruit fly.

Researchers identify neurological pathways through which light affects mood and learning in mice.

A double gene-transfer therapy transformed the non-neuronal cells into rod photoreceptors in the retinas of animal models of congenital blindness.

A combination of visual stimulation and chemical growth promotion leads damaged retinal nerves to regenerate in mice.

By targeting rhodopsin genes to neurons, scientists help blind mice see.

Vision researcher John Dowling has spent a lifetime studying the neural architecture of the retina. He is closing his laboratory after 53 years, opting to extend these studies as a postdoc.