National Eye Institute (NEI) scientists have found that the way the retina metabolizes glucose directly controls which genes get switched on and off in light-sensing photoreceptors. The findings ...

The neurosensory retina is a complex ecosystem composed of precisely layered and diverse neurons, multiple vascular plexuses, and glial cells. It is here that visual signals from the environment are ...

Vision researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School (HMS) Department of Ophthalmology have taken a first step in solving a vexing problem: how to preserve photoreceptor cells and ...

The outer photoreceptors of Drosophila project to their targets in an extremely intricate pattern. Prakash et al. in this issue show that homophilic adhesion via N-cadherins is an essential part of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BlueRock Therapeutics is preparing to initiate a phase 1/2a clinical study of OpCT-001. OpCT-001 will be ...

A recent study examining the therapeutic potential of photoreceptor precursors, derived from clinically compliant induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), has demonstrated the safety and therapeutic ...

Photoreceptors are specialized cells in the eye that convert light energy into neural signals. Several diseases that cause irreversible vision loss, including age-related macular degeneration, ...

A new type of photoreceptor has now been discovered -- only the third to be found in animals -- that is about 50 times more efficient at capturing light than the rhodopsin in the human eye. An ...

Research in Focus is a series that highlights Neurobiology faculty members’ papers in peer-reviewed journals. A study led by Alecia K. Gross, Ph.D., professor and vice chair for Research and Research ...