Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for ...

Our brains begin to create internal representations of the world around us from the first moment we open our eyes. We perceptually assemble components of scenes into recognizable objects thanks to ...

The afferent visual pathway includes the eyes, optic nerve, and all brain structures responsible for receiving, transmitting, and processing visual information.

Decoding The Visual Pathway: Dr. Mandeep Singh Basu, Director of Dr. Basu Eye Hospital, examines the optic nerve's functions and how it connects our eyes to our brains.

A new study identifies specific cell-stress signaling pathways that link injury of the optic nerve with irreversible vision loss. The research may lead to new strategies that will help to protect ...

In the operating room, surgeons typically use high-powered microscopes fitted with specialized filters to detect the ...

In addition, light from the right side of the visual field is projected onto the left side of each eye (Fig 3) and vice versa. The images are ‘gathered’ in the retina and turned into nerve impulses ...

Optic nerve stimulation can offer visual aid to blind According to a study published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering, intraneural stimulation can be a valuable solution for several ...