LOS ANGELES (March 18, 2014) – Investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute have discovered eye abnormalities that may help reveal features of early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

Found only in the retinas of humans and other primates, the fovea is responsible for visual experiences that are rich in colorful, spatial detail. Some reasons behind the fovea's unusual perceptual ...

The intricacy and seeming perfection of the eye, both as an object of anatomical beauty and as a working machine, have worried and intrigued scientists, philosophers and zealots, especially during the ...

The colored part of the eye surrounding the pupil is called the iris. It automatically regulates the amount of light entering the eyes by regulating the size of the pupil. Light is the primary ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Living in an area with high deprivation was associated with a thinner retinal nerve fiber layer. Researchers ...

BECAUSE it is locked away inside the skull, the brain is hard to study. Looking at it requires finicky machines which use magnetism or electricity or both to bypass the bone. There is just one tendril ...

α-Crystallin is a major lens protein, comprising up to 40% of total lens proteins, where its structural function is to assist in maintaining the proper refractive index in the lens. In addition to its ...

For just a few hours, shimmering waves of calcium move through cells in the developing eyes of fruit flies. These spontaneous ...

Both Vitamin A and Vitamin C are important to eye health, with Vitamin A being important to normal vision, particularly in dim light, and Vitamin C potentially safeguarding against certain eye disease ...

Eye abnormalities may help reveal features of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, researchers have discovered. Using a novel laboratory rat model of Alzheimer’s disease and high-resolution imaging ...