National Eye Institute
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The National Eye Institute is part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The mission of NEI is "to eliminate vision loss and improve
NEI Director Michael F. Chiang
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Retina
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The retina is the innermost, light-sensitive layer of tissue of the eye. The optics of the eye create a focused two-dimensional image of the visual world on the retina, which then processes that image
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…NEI established the Audacious Goals Initiative for Regenerative Medicine. The initiative is a strategic research effort to replace cells of the retina that have been damaged by disease or injury and to restore their connections to the visual centers of the brain. Success will mean new approaches to…
Illustration of the distribution of cone cells in the fovea of an individual with normal colour vision (left), and a colourblind (protanopic) retina. The center of the fovea holds very few blue-sensitive cones.
Macula histology (OCT)
ERP optic cabling