A method to efficiently turn human stem cells into retinal ganglion cells, ... his lab is looking to find other genes that are important for ganglion cell survival and function.

Retinal Ganglion Cells: Neurons in the retina that transmit visual information from the eye to the brain, playing a key role in both image formation and non-image-forming responses.

For the first time, non-neuronal cells have been induced to mimic specific ganglion cells in the eyes of mice. While fish, reptiles and even some birds can regenerate damaged brain, eye and spinal ...

Retinal ganglion cells grow fewer and shorter neurites, ... Mar. 1, 2022 — Neurons in the brain coexist with and rely on many other cell types to function properly.

Autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA), the most common genetic optic neuropathy, is an insidious disease. It often presents ...

Ala-Laurila explains that the ability to test the function of retinal cell-types specifically in starlight could also have clinical implications. Many visual diseases are specific to particular ...

Autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA) causes progressive childhood blindness — but what if we could stop it? Boston Children's Hospital researchers Drs. Thomas Schwarz and Chen Ding have identified ...