by University of Washington Cross section of a retina treated with regeneration factors. The middle blue layer contain interneuron cells and the bottom layer, ganglion cells. Green cells within these layers are all derived from treated glial cells. Credit: Todd Levi / Reh Lab In an approach could someday be used to help repair the retinas...
by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Maya Koronyo-Hamaoui, PhD, is an associate professor of Neurosurgery and Biomedical Sciences at Cedar-Sinai. A study led by the Cedars-Sinai Department of Neurosurgery has identified certain regions in the retina—the lining found in the back of the eye—that are more affected by Alzheimer’s disease than other areas. The findings may help physicians...
You’ve probably seen them while falling asleep—kaleidoscope patterns playing behind your eyelids. What are they? We see because photons of light bounce onto our retinas, reaching brain cells called neurons, which transform their energy into an electrical signal for the brain’s visual cortex. But sometimes the noggin’s wiring goes haywire and sends phantom cues called...
