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Amblyopia
Recovery in Adult Eyes Damaged in Early Development
August 27th, 2007
Contrary to accepted dogma, a University of Maryland researcher has developed a method that allows an adult to recover function in an eye that has been damaged and dysfunctional throughout life. In a paper in the August 12 issue of Nature Neuroscience, Elizabeth Quinlan, associate professor of biology at the University of Maryland, and members of her research team, show that complete visual deprivation promotes subsequent recovery in an eye that has had severely compromised vision from birth to adulthood. It is the first demonstration that visual experience can regulate the recovery of function in amblyopic adults. The finding may open new avenues...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-08-27)
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