by nata004 | Jul 31, 2018 | Ageing Vision, Physiological optics of the eye, Research
Diabetes is a long-term condition that describes a group of metabolic diseases caused by high sugar levels. In the eye, high blood sugar causes damage to small blood vessels, which swell and may leak fluid. We have identified that even minor blood vessel leakage...
by nata004 | Jul 31, 2018 | Ageing Vision, Physiological optics of the eye, Research
The lens physiological optics depends on its water and protein contents. The lens physiological optics alters with ageing, leading to the onset of presbyopia and nuclear cataract. The mechanism behind remains uncertain, owing to lack of non-invasive tools for...
by nata004 | Jul 31, 2018 | Physiological optics of the eye, Research, Vision Neuroscience
Humans group components of visual patterns according to their colour, and perceive colours separately from shape. To find out if fish use colour for object segregation in a similar manner to humans, we used stimuli inspired by the Ishihara test for colour deficiency....
