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Thanks to the work of NEI scientists and grantees, we’re constantly learning new information about the causes and treatment of vision disorders. Get the latest updates about their work — along with other news about NEI.

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New Study Reshapes Understanding of How the Brain Recovers from Injury

New research, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, sheds light on how the damage in the brain caused by a stroke can lead to permanent vision impairment for approximately 265,000 Americans each year.
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Therapy Could Improve, Prolong Sight in Those Suffering Vision Loss

A new therapy developed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, could help prolong useful vision and delay total blindness for people with retinitis pigmentosa.
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Electrical Activity Early in Fruit Flies' Brain Development Could Shed Light on How Neurons Wire the Brain

Neurons somehow know which of their neighbors to connect with and which to avoid in the crowded environment of the central nervous system. But how?
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Microscopic eye movements affect how we see contrast

A team of researchers has discovered how the brain uses tiny, unconscious eye movements to pick up differences in brightness, likely by “refreshing” signals hitting the retina.
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Thriving on teamwork: new research shows how brain cells filter information in groups

Salk discovery could help to better understand how neurons work together in networks to shape our perceptions of the world.
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NIH-funded study proposes blurry vision in babies may guide brain development

Shortly after birth when the world is a blur, babies may be learning to identify patterns.According to a new study funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), the initial phase of blurry vision may be fundamental to the development of normal visual...
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Fifty years of vision research opens window into the brain

The eye is more than a window to the soul; it is a window to the brain.
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Brain at work: spotting half-hidden objects

UW Medicine scientists funded by NEI are discovering how the brain functions when figuring out shapes that are fully seen or partially covered. As the task becomes more difficult, a reasoning and sensory parts of the brain interact through signals.
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How the brain recognizes familiar faces

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.
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Retinal cells go with the flow to assess own motion through space

A new NEI-funded study in Nature helps to explain how specialized retinal cells help stabilize vision by perceiving how their owner is moving.

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