Berkeley Scientists Discover Retinal Cells that Help Stabilize Our World View
Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science researchers have discovered rare neurons in the eye that are crucial for our visual system to maintain a sharp, steady image of the world. These findings may impact our understanding of the human retina and provide insights into the pathology of eye movement disorders, according to a UC Berkeley report.
The study, recently published in Nature, was led by Teresa Puthussery, OD, PhD, an assistant professor at the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. First author, Anna Yao Mei Wang, PhD, is a postdoctoral scholar in The Puthussery Lab.
The new findings demonstrate for the first time that retinal neurons underlying gaze stabilization in other mammals are also present in primates, including humans.