The retina is the light-sensitive neural tissue lining the inner posterior surface of the eye, where photoreceptors (rods and cones) transduce light into electrical signals that are processed by interneurons and ganglion cells and transmitted through the optic nerve to the brain. Organized into distinct cellular lay…
The retina is the light-sensitive neural tissue lining the inner posterior surface of the eye, where photoreceptors (rods and cones) transduce light into electrical signals that are processed by interneurons and ganglion cells and transmitted through the optic nerve to the brain. Organized into distinct cellular layers and supported by the retinal pigment epithelium and Müller glia, the retina is central to vision, and its disorders, including retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy, vascular occlusions, and age-related macular degeneration, are leading causes of visual impairment. In Ophthalmic Science, the retina is studied through its structure and function, vascular and degenerative pathology, imaging, and experimental models. The peer-reviewed work in this area reflects these themes, including the effects of transiently raised intraocular pressure on retinal function and ganglion cell survival, identification of eyes at risk for severe retinopathy of prematurity, optical coherence tomography in choroiditis and in early disease detection, resolving vitreous hemorrhage in diabetic retinopathy, central retinal vein occlusion, antioxidant phytochemicals for age-related macular degeneration, connective-tissue growth-factor expression in Müller cells, and choroidal biomarkers in neovascular macular degeneration. Methods span clinical imaging, case series, experimental models, and cellular study. This body of research treats the retina as the neural substrate of vision whose vascular, degenerative, and structural pathology defines a major domain of ophthalmic diagnosis and treatment.
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