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

June 7, 2017
Retina Visual Processing
Basic Research
Grantee

A new NEI-funded study in Nature helps to explain how specialized retinal cells help stabilize vision by perceiving how their owner is moving. The finding by researchers at Brown University is part of a broader discovery made in the retinas of mice that may help explain how mammals keep their vision stable and keep their balance as they move.