Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 118, No. 21 (May 25, 2021), pp. 1-12 (12 pages) Loss of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) because of ...

Experts are investigating how cells called Muller glial cells, responsible for regenerating a damaged zebrafish retina, acquire stem cell properties with the hope of eventually developing techniques ...

Zebrafish photoreceptor cells stimulated with blue light show correct electrical activity. The picture was taken using the microscope that was custom-built for this study. Blinding diseases lead to ...

A new study published in Acta Physiologica suggests that one gene may play a big role in how animals react to social ...

Zebrafish eyes are similar to ours. We share all the major structures, such as a single lens to focus light, a retina with photoreceptor cells to detect light, and a liquid-filled cavity between the ...

Microglia, the immune cells of the brain, form the first line of defense against neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic brain injuries. They maintain brain homeostasis, the stable condition ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Some level of molecules linked to oxidative stress may be essential to health and development, according to new animal studies. Reactive molecules derived from molecular oxygen, ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — In work conducted both at UC Santa Barbara and the Physics of Life Excellence Cluster of TU Dresden, biophysicist Otger Campàs and his research group have found that cell ...

In vertebrate retinas, specialized photoreceptors responsible for color vision (cone cells) arrange themselves in patterns known as the “cone mosaic”. Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science ...