Update on viral gene therapy clinical trials for retinal diseases

SY Cheng, C Punzo - Human gene therapy, 2022 - liebertpub.com
In 2001, the first large animal was successfully treated with a gene therapy that restored its
vision. Lancelot, the Briard dog that was treated, suffered from a human childhood blindness …

[HTML][HTML] Visual hallucinations originating in the retinofugal pathway under clinical and psychedelic conditions

Z Tipado, KPC Kuypers, B Sorger… - European …, 2024 - Elsevier
Psychedelics like LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) and psilocybin are known to modulate
perceptual modalities due to the activation of mostly serotonin receptors in specific cortical …

A demonstration of cone function plasticity after gene therapy in achromatopsia

M Farahbakhsh, EJ Anderson, RO Maimon-Mor… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Recent advances in regenerative therapy have placed the treatment of previously incurable
eye diseases within arms' reach. Achromatopsia is a severe monogenic heritable retinal …

Structural differences across multiple visual cortical regions in the absence of cone function in congenital achromatopsia

R Lowndes, B Molz, L Warriner, A Herbik… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Most individuals with congenital achromatopsia (ACHM) carry mutations that affect the
retinal phototransduction pathway of cone photoreceptors, fundamental to both high acuity …

[HTML][HTML] fMRI and gene therapy in adults with CNGB3 mutation

EJ Anderson, TM Dekker, M Farahbakhsh, N Hirji… - Brain Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Achromatopsia is an inherited retinal disease that affects 1 in 30,000–50,000 individuals
and is characterised by an absence of functioning cone photoreceptors from birth. This …

Achromatopsia—Visual Cortex Stability and Plasticity in the Absence of Functional Cones

B Molz, A Herbik, HA Baseler, P de Best… - … & Visual Science, 2023 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: Achromatopsia is a rare inherited disorder rendering retinal cone photoreceptors
nonfunctional. As a consequence, the sizable foveal representation in the visual cortex is …

[PDF][PDF] Achromatopsia-limits to visual cortex plasticity in the absence of functional cones

B Molz, A Herbik, H Baseler, P De Best… - … & visual science, 2023 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
PURPOSE. Achromatopsia is a rare inherited disorder rendering retinal cone
photoreceptors nonfunctional. As a consequence, the sizable foveal representation in the …

Vision restoration: Little red booster

AR Wade - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
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Current Biology This journal offers authors two options (open access or subscription) to publish …

Update on gene therapies in pediatric ophthalmology

D Bremond-Gignac, MP Robert, A Daruich - Archives de Pédiatrie, 2023 - Elsevier
Rare eye diseases encompass a broad spectrum of genetic anomalies with or without
additional extraocular manifestations. Genetic eye disorders in pediatric patients often lead …

Achromatopsie

B Käsmann-Kellner, MB Hoffmann - Die Ophthalmologie, 2023 - Springer
Zusammenfassung Die Achromatopsie oder Stäbchenmonochromasie ist eine kongenitale
autosomal-rezessiv vererbte Netzhautdystrophie, die zu Zapfenfehlfunktion mit verminderter …