On the left: diagram of the eye. On the right: layers within the retina and the adjacent choroid. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research have taken an important step toward this goal by creating a complete neural wiring ...

the lens being too thick and curved - so that light is focused in front of the retina. Short-sightedness can be corrected by placing a concave lens in front of the eye, as shown in the diagrams below.

High-resolution retinal imaging based on adaptive ... The graphs below the eye models show spot diagrams, with the more compact distribution (better image quality) obtained with the realistic ...

They can only see things that are close to them. This is because the eye refracts the light and brings it to a focus before it reaches the retina. This is corrected by using a concave or a ...

Dr. Schwartz is assistant professor of clinical ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute ... horseshoe retinal tear. Note the small amount of adjacent vitreous hemorrhage. Diagram depicting ...

A diagram of a healthy macula ... form light-detecting or photoreceptor cells in the eye. In this study, the researchers introduced a human retina-specific protein called LN523 to cultivate ...