NEI Research News

A new study funded by the NEI provides an account for how pathways in the brain's visual system may be shaped by developmental factors.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified which brain circuits are vital for visual acuity and how they are affected by damaged retinal cells.

Too much stuff in the periphery of our vision can make it difficult to identify what we’re seeing. Yale researchers now know how that clutter affects the brain.

Each year, the Institute for Scientific Information selects a list of Nobel-class scientists based on journal citation volume.

New research from UChicago shows that the superior colliculus, a brain region that controls eye movements, also plays an important role in higher cognitive functions like categorization and decision making.

Researchers have identified how brain cells begin to coalesce into a wired network in early development before experience has a chance to shape the brain.

NIH-funded researchers created a computational model that simulates the experience of a high-resolution implant. Their models suggests implants are unlikely to exceed normal human vision.

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have uncovered a brain circuit in primates that rapidly detects faces.

Researchers used an imaging technology called adaptive optics to identify rare cells that could help fill in the gaps in existing theories of color perception.

The discovery will enable researchers to better understand eye movement disorders that cause significant visual impairment.