In this review, we summarize recent evidence that perceptual learning can occur not only
under training conditions but also in situations of unattended and passive sensory …

Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is a progressive optic neuropathy characterized by
retinal ganglion cell loss. Experimental primate glaucoma indicates neuronal degeneration …

purpose. To investigate whether the channelopsin-2 (Chop2) gene would restore visual
responses in 10-month-old dystrophic Royal College of Surgeons (aged RCS; rdy/rdy) rats …

Neural and behavioral evidence for cortical reorganization in the adult somatosensory
system after loss of sensory input (eg, amputation) has been well documented. In contrast …

It is commonly held that losing one sense provokes cross-modal takeover of deprived
cortical areas, and therefore results in a benefit for the remaining modalities. Using …

In this review we examine the potential of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) for use in the
treatment of retinal diseases involving photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) …

purpose. To demonstrate that the relationship between the functional organization of primary
visual cortex (V1) and damage to the optic disc in humans with primary open-angle …

Amblyopia is a developmental visual disorder associated with loss of monocular acuity and
sensitivity as well as profound alterations in binocular integration. Abnormal connections in …

Purpose. This study investigates the benefits of eccentric refractive correction to resolution
and detection thresholds in different contrasts for seven subjects with central visual field loss …

This study compared participants who were congenitally visually impaired and those who
became visually impaired later in life in a spatial memory task. The latter showed less …