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The retina is a layered structure that lines the inner surface of the eye. It consists of layers of neurons: light-sensitive photoreceptor cells, bipolar cells, horizontal cells, amacrine cells ...

Aim To develop a deep learning (DL) model that predicts age from fundus images (retinal age) and to investigate the association between retinal age gap (retinal age predicted by DL model minus ...

Methods Patients clinically suspected of bestrophinopathy were screened using multigene panel testing. All BEST1 variants were confirmed by Sanger sequencing, and validated in the families. Conclusion ...

The causes range from cataracts and diabetic retinopathy to glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and inherited retinal diseases (IRDs). IRDs are genetic conditions that lead to progressive ...

Researchers have identified novel retinal vascular signatures that are significantly associated with the risk for a first stroke. When combined with age and sex, these retinal “fingerprints ...

In their last study, IIT's research group saw for the first time that Ziapin2 also acts in a similar manner on neurons in the inner retina unaffected by degeneration, particularly at the bipolar ...

Objective To investigate the associations between a comprehensive set of retinal vascular parameters and incident stroke to unveil new associations and explore its predictive power for stroke risk.

Medically reviewed by Andrew Greenberg, MD Nearsightedness, or myopia, is an eye problem that causes objects at a distance to ...

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD Nearsighted means you have trouble seeing things that are far away from you, while farsighted means you have trouble seeing things that are up close. If ...

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between the intraocular levels of complement proteins and myopia-related retinal neuronal and vascular degeneration. Conclusions: The intraocular classical ...