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A method to efficiently turn human stem cells into retinal ganglion cells, the type of nerve cells located within the retina that transmit visual signals from the eye to the brain, has been ...

More information: Johan Westö et al, Retinal OFF ganglion cells allow detection of quantal shadows at starlight, Current Biology (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.092 ...

Retinal ganglion cells transmit input from these cones to the central nervous system. In the 1980s, David Williams, the William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics, helped map the “cardinal ...

Figure 1 Glial Cells in Ocular Tissues. (A) Retinal Structure and Cellular Components: The retina comprises several neural layers. In the ganglion cell layer (GCL), one can find the cell bodies of ...

Helping the retina regenerate Date: March 31, 2017 Source: NIH, National Eye Institute (NEI) Summary: A new report gives recommendations for regenerating retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), crucial ...