Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging gives researchers a window into the structure-function relationships of the retina. This makes OCT a great tool for studying photoreceptor degeneration in ...

Many sighted animals use multiple spectrally distinct sets of photoreceptors for vision. The classical explanation for this arrangement is that any one photoreceptor type supports greyscale vision, ...

During most eye infections or injuries, neutrophils, immune cells found in the blood, are usually the first line of defense. However, researchers at the Flaum Eye Institute and Del Monte Institute for ...

Photoreceptors, like polarized sensory neurons, are essential for light sensation and phototransduction, which are highly dependent on the photoreceptor cilium. Disruption of photoreceptor cilia has ...

Retinitis pigmentosa retinal degeneration is caused by a family of hereditary mutations in nearly 100 genes that slowly lead to blindness over years or decades. One of those genes encodes the enzyme ...

Newcells' retinal organoids and RPE models are effective tools for preclinical in vitro testing of new retinal gene therapy vectors. They enable quick evaluation of the best vector capsid, promoter, ...

(Left panels) Cone mosaic pattern in adult zebrafish showing a lattice-like regular arrangement of four cone cell types. (Right panels) Cone mosaic pattern in fish lacking the Dscamb gene on either or ...

Note: The video above shows a three-dimensional rotating view of three different cell types in the retina. The Campana cell (center) is shown flanked by two other cell classes that it is similar to, a ...