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How the brain recognizes familiar faces

August 10, 2017

Researchers at The Rockefeller University have begun to unravel the mystery of how the brain recognizes familiar faces. Their results are published in the journal Science.

New Method to Detect Ultrasound with Light

February 13, 2017

A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping a range of scientific endeavors from biomedicine to geology.

Handheld Device Takes High-Resolution Images of Children's Retinas

August 1, 2016

Engineers and physicians at Duke University have developed a handheld device capable of capturing images of a retina with cellular resolution.

Regenerating mouse retinal ganglion cell axons (magenta and green) extending from site of optic nerve injury (left). Photo courtesy of Andrew D. Huberman.

Use it or Lose it: Visual Activity Regenerates Neural Connections Between Eye and Brain

July 8, 2016

A study in mice funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows for the first time that high-contrast visual stimulation can help damaged retinal neurons regrow optic nerve fibers, otherwise known as retinal ganglion cell axons.

Images of the brain generated by diffusion tensor imaging, a type of MRI. The red highlights show visual pathways in the brain that deteriorate in patients with LCA, but appear to improve with gene therapy to the retina. Credit: Dr. Manzar Ashtari, University of Pennsylvania.

With LCA Gene Therapy, a Rare Glimpse of the Adult Brain Adapting to New Experience

August 4, 2015

When people lose the ability to see, how do the visual parts of the brain change in response? And if they regain their sight, are the changes reversed?

Artist's rendering of neural activity in the retina. Light that enters the eye activates rod and cone photoreceptors, which in turn activate retinal ganglion cells. Signals travel to the brain via retinal ganglion cell axons. Photo credit: National Eye Institute.

NIH Launches Research to Gaze Deeply Into Your Eyes

May 1, 2015

Five bold projects will develop new technology to noninvasively image cells of the eye in unprecedented detail.The National Eye Institute (NEI) announced the awards as part of its Audacious Goals Initiative.

IU School of Optometry study: New technique detects microscopic diabetes-related eye damage

April 17, 2014

Indiana University researchers have detected new early-warning signs of the potential loss of sight associated with diabetes. This discovery could have far-reaching implications for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic retinopathy

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NEI announces funding for new imaging technology to support Audacious Goal

April 8, 2014

The National Eye Institute has announced a funding opportunity for imaging cells and tissues of the visual system.

Expanding our view of vision

January 26, 2014

Using a new approach, MIT researchers scanned individuals’ brains as they looked at different images and were able to pinpoint, to the millisecond, when the brain recognizes and categorizes an object, and where these processes occur.