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Neuroscience

Babies' poor vision may help organize visual brain pathways

Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for processing color and fine spatial detail, and another that's involved in spatial localization and ...

Neuroscience

Connect or reject: Extensive rewiring builds binocular vision in the brain

Scientists have long known that the brain's visual system isn't fully hardwired from the start—it becomes refined by what babies see—but the authors of a new MIT study still weren't prepared for the degree of rewiring ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

The price of a peek: Retinal damage after the 2024 solar eclipse

On April 8, 2024, a once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse kept the eyes of millions of Quebecers riveted on the sky. But the experience left at least two among them—a 34-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman—with permanent ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

FDA approves Tryptyr eye drops for dry eye disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-in-class TRPM8 receptor agonist Tryptyr (acoltremon ophthalmic solution) for the treatment of signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. Approval of Tryptyr was granted ...

Neuroscience

New guideline addressed visual impairment after stroke

The University of Liverpool's Professor Fiona Rowe has led the development of a major new international clinical guideline addressing visual impairment in stroke survivors. Released by the European Stroke Organization (ESO), ...