After injury, the visual system can recover by growing new neural connections rather than replacing lost cells. Researchers found that surviving eye cells formed extra branches that restored ...

Mammals aren’t known for the ocular regenerative powers, but a new study shows that nature has a few tricks up its sleeve.

When you see a bag of carrots at the grocery store, does your mind go to potatoes and parsnips or buffalo wings and celery? It depends, of course, on whether you're making a hearty winter stew or ...

The brain shows a capacity to recover from traumatic injury, which somewhat contradicts the widely accepted idea that neurons do not regenerate. So how is recovery possible? In a new JNeurosci paper, ...

Your eyes and brain aren’t just close together—they’re connected. Simply put, your retina and optic nerve are extensions of your central nervous system, says Dr. Meenal Agarwal, an Ontario-based ...

Researchers say subtle changes in the eye may reflect early brain changes linked to dementia, years before clear symptoms ...

For generations, adults with amblyopia were told their vision loss was permanent, a childhood problem that medicine could not meaningfully reverse later in life. A new wave of research from MIT and ...

While visual training will likely continue to be a productive part of treatment for people with hemianopia, the EPFL study ...

Blindness affects millions of people worldwide and severely limits their independence, daily functioning, and overall quality of life. In Spain, the prevalence of blindness is estimated at 0.17% , ...

Avian eye view -- Introduction / Sally A. McFadden -- Producing the image / Graham R. Martin -- Exploring the image / Hans-Ortwin Nalbach, Friederike Wolf-Oberhollenzer and Monika Remy -- Constructing ...

The 1950s were a relatively rudimentary era for experimental neurophysiology. Recording the electrical activity of neurons wasn’t uncommon, but the methods often demanded considerable patience and ...