“Further, we show structural and inner retina functional deficits in the K42E mouse model that are consistent with altered synaptic transmission between retinal photoreceptors and bipolar cells,” said ...

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Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have discovered that power-producing organelles in the eye's photoreceptor cells, called mitochondria, function as microlenses that help channel light ...

Three days after the August solar eclipse, a young woman presented to New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai in New York City with classic symptoms of solar retinopathy, which is a rare form of ...

Cross-section through part of a retinal organoid: On day 143 of their differentiation, the inner nuclear layer (bottom) contains the cell bodies of functionally distinct cells: those of the amacrine ...

A study on ground squirrels shows, not only do mitochondria produce bioenergy in the cone-shaped photoreceptors in the retina of the eye, they also act as micro-lenses that redirect light to the ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Retinal degeneration in the disease retinitis pigmentosa is caused by a family of hereditary mutations that slowly lead to blindness over years or decades. A mouse model of one of ...