Senior NEI investigator Okihide Hikosaka received this prestigious award for his groundbreaking work in the field of neuroscience. Dr. Hikosaka has greatly expanded our understanding of the brain’s reward and memory system.
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Using a novel patient-specific stem cell-based therapy, researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) prevented blindness in animal models of geographic atrophy, the advanced “dry” form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is a leading cause of vision loss among people age 65 and ol
Researchers at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, have created a noninvasive technology that detects when nerve cells fire based on changes in shape.
Santa J. Tumminia, Ph.D., was appointed Deputy Director of the National Eye Institute (NEI) on November 12.
Every year, NEI supports vision research through more than 1,500 research grants and training awards to scientists at more than 250 institutions across the country and around the world. NEI also conducts laboratory research and clinical trials.
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The NEI Director’s Initiatives focus on challenging, high-impact areas of vision research. NEI’s current research priorities include: