A retinal reboot for amblyopia
MIT researchers report that two-day retinal inactivation restored balanced visual-cortex input from an amblyopic eye in adult mice, implicating burst firing as a mechanism for reopening synaptic plasticity and suggesting a path toward treatments that could revive vision without interrupting the healthy eye.
Why it mattersTwo-day retinal inactivation in mice restored adult amblyopic inputs, prompting clinical-trial design changes for amblyopia therapies.
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