Vision Restoration -- A Step Closer (IMAGE)
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Healing the blind has required miracles since biblical times. Dr. Balázs Rózsa's research could bring us closer to sight restoration without the help from supernatural. Working at the Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, he will assess the feasibility of creating an "artificial sense" and, thereby, a possible visual prosthetic. Dr. Rózsa will investigate how neural activity relates to subjective perceptions. Finding and understanding these processes will make it possible to reactivate them to provoke cortical activation similar to visual stimulation. The project includes, among others, development of high-definition three dimensional imaging for functional mapping large cell assemblies and photo activation in brain areas associated with visual perception. To test these new tools and methods, Dr. Rózsa would like to restore visual perception in living mice.
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