{"id":209,"date":"2009-03-04T21:58:42","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T18:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/?p=209"},"modified":"2009-03-04T21:58:42","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T18:58:42","slug":"scientist-explore-how-brain-adjusts-to-macular-degeneration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/archives\/209","title":{"rendered":"Scientist explore how brain adjusts to macular degeneration."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"color: #0e4d96; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"http:\/\/links.mkt151.com\/ctt?kn=44&amp;m=3948798&amp;r=MjI3NDAzNDc3NQS2&amp;b=0&amp;j=MTEwNDQ2MDg3S0&amp;mt=1&amp;rt=0\" name=\"articles_custombriefings_(8)\" href=\"http:\/\/links.mkt151.com\/ctt?kn=44&amp;m=3948798&amp;r=MjI3NDAzNDc3NQS2&amp;b=0&amp;j=MTEwNDQ2MDg3S0&amp;mt=1&amp;rt=0\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"http:\/\/links.mkt151.com\/ctt?kn=44&amp;m=3948798&amp;r=MjI3NDAzNDc3NQS2&amp;b=0&amp;j=MTEwNDQ2MDg3S0&amp;mt=1&amp;rt=0\">HealthDay<\/span><\/a> (3\/3, McKeever) reported that, according to a study published in the March 4  issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, &#8220;when macular degeneration causes one to  start losing&#8230;sight, the affected neurons simply start seeking visual input  from other, non-affected parts of the eye.&#8221; Researchers from the Massachusetts  Institute of Technology &#8220;found when the cells in the fovea, the part of the  retina responsible for the central field of vision, were damaged by macular  degeneration (MD) &#8212; the neuron attached to them&#8221; began &#8220;responding to stimuli  in an undamaged section &#8212; a type of internal reorganization of the eye&#8217;s visual  map as opposed to the cortex&#8217;s work being shifting to other neurons.&#8221; HealthDay  also noted that MD patients &#8220;often compensate for lack of central vision by  rolling their eyes upward so they can utilize the preferred retinal locus,&#8221;  which is &#8220;an undamaged area under and adjacent to the affected part of the  retina.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HealthDay (3\/3, McKeever) reported that, according to a study published in the March 4 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, &#8220;when macular degeneration causes one to start losing&#8230;sight, the affected neurons simply start seeking visual input from other, non-affected parts of the eye.&#8221; Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology &#8220;found when the cells in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/archives\/209\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scientist explore how brain adjusts to macular degeneration.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-macular-degeneration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}