More information: Zuying Chai et al, Dark continuous noise from mutant G90D-rhodopsin predominantly underlies congenital stationary night blindness, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

Some forms of congenital blindness originate from abnormalities in basic signaling mechanisms in photoreceptor neurons of the retina. Photoreceptors respond to light by modulating the permeability of ...

Some researchers also view congenital aphantasia as a type of neurodiversity, a term that acknowledges the differences in ...

“As a result, some functions that are impaired in schizophrenia may actually be enhanced in people with congenital or early cortical blindness.” The research is compelling, but there’s still ...

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Christian, the doctor told Elizabeth, had a retinal disease called Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA ... approach might work for other forms of blindness. She and others believe that variations ...

The name comes from a combination from Greek words meaning “water” and “head.” “Congenital” means a person is born with it. The liquid that builds up isn’t water. It’s ...

The BRILLIANCE study of EDIT-101 in Leber congenital amaurosis type 10 (LCA10) – an inherited form of blindness – was reported to be the first 'in vivo' CRISPR/Cas9 medicine to be administered ...

Aphantasia is a little-understood phenomenon that affects about 4 percent of the population. There are several theories behind what causes it.