The retina reconfigures itself during retinitis pigmentosa, preserving daytime vision by redirecting signals between cells.

Share on Pinterest New research involving cones and rods in the retina could lead to new treatments for vision loss. Gregory Adams/Getty Images Cone photoreceptors in retinal degeneration have been ...

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A: Zebrafish retinas at 3 days-post-fertilization (dpf). The neural retina consists of six major classes of neurons including two types of photoreceptors, rods and cones. B: Rod and cone ...

Researchers have discovered a way to revitalize cone receptors that have deteriorated as a result of retinitis pigmentosa. Working with animal models, researchers have discovered that replenishing ...

In addition to rod photoreceptor loss, many mutations in rod photoreceptor-specific genes cause degeneration of other neuronal types. Identifying mechanisms of cell–cell interactions initiated by ...

The eye is an organ that's easy to access, and biologists have been able to study it in detail. Light is sensed by special cells that are photoreceptors, and the information they collect is converted ...

Finally, there’s a new vision for addressing this common eye condition. Dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) slowly ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine have identified a key to eye development — a protein that regulates how the light-sensing ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of nerve cell, or neuron, in the retina. In the central nervous system a complex circuitry of neurons communicate with each other to relay sensory and motor ...

Scientists at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have discovered that certain retinal cells can rewire themselves when vision begins to deteriorate in ...

A 291-day-old retina organoid. Red and green cone photoreceptors appear green, blue cone photorectors appear blue, and rod photoreceptors appear red. Scientists have grown simplified human retinas ...