A research team led by Professor Nazlee Zebardast, a Harvard Medical School ophthalmologist, announced that the thinner the photoreceptor layer of the retina, the greater the correlation with ...

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) denotes a group of hereditary retinal dystrophies, characterized by the early onset of night blindness followed by a progressive loss of the visual field. The primary defect ...

The retina is a layered structure that lines the inner surface of the eye. It consists of layers of neurons: light-sensitive photoreceptor cells, bipolar cells, horizontal cells, amacrine cells ...

This accumulation eventually leads to the breakdown of the retinal layer called the retina pigment ... leading to the death of photoreceptor cells and, eventually, geographic atrophy, which ...

Have your parents or grandparents ever had trouble driving, reading or recognizing faces? They might be suffering from ...

Disruption of photoreceptor cilia has been implicated in a variety of retinal diseases ... decrease in the thickness of the ...

Based on in situ hybridization and hypothyroid studies, thyroid hormone appears to target photoreceptor development. The hormone may be acting in at least two ways. It could instruct neuronal ...

Kobe City Eye Hospital announced on Oct. 16 the transplant operation involving photoreceptor cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The female patient in her 60s was ...

Eye stroke' is a disease that causes the central arteries of the retina to block and cause rapid vision loss, leading to ...