Retinal Disease Models as a Tool for Understanding Robust Vision
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Subject Area
Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology
Ophthalmology
Term
from 2017 to 2024
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 276693517
The healthy human retina supports robust visual processing, leading to stable contrast and brightness perception over a broad range of conditions. Interestingly, once vision has properly developed, it remains remarkably robust even if certain retinal cells start to degen-erate due to retinal diseases. The objective of this project is to study the robustness and flexibility of visual task performance in human RP (retinitis pigmentosa) and CSNB1 (complete congenital stationary night blindness) patients and in corresponding animal disease models by linking visual performance to underlying cellular function.
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres