Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) causes #VisionLoss because the brain has trouble processing signals from the eyes. Learn more about CVI: https://lnkd.in/g4beRKmN
About us
As part of the federal government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Eye Institute’s mission is to “conduct and support research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to blinding eye diseases, visual disorders, mechanisms of visual function, preservation of sight, and the special health problems and requirements of the blind.” https://nei.nih.gov/tools/stay_connected
- Website
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http://www.nei.nih.gov
External link for National Eye Institute (NEI)
- Industry
- Research Services
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Bethesda, MD
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 1968
- Specialties
- Biomedial research, Research funding, Visual function, and Visual disorders
Locations
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Primary
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892, US
Employees at National Eye Institute (NEI)
Updates
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During #ChildrensEyeHealth and Safety Month, check out our kid-friendly website to help promote #EyeHealth in children: https://lnkd.in/eMCkz5R #NEIforKids
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Help for patients with center-involved diabetic macular edema and moderate mission loss from the #NEIfunded DRCR Retina Network: Factors that help identify which patients meet criteria to switch from bevacizumab to aflibercept. Read more from Ophthalmology: https://lnkd.in/eSqVzxsV
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#NEIfunded research led by the National Eye Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Johns Hopkins Medicine discovered the source of dysfunction in the process whereby cells in the eye’s retina remove waste. The findings suggest that targeting the AKT2/SIRT5/TFEB pathway may delay the progression of dry age-related #MacularDegeneration (AMD). Read more from Nature Communications: https://lnkd.in/eraANDgv
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Dilated #DiabeticRetinopathy screening in a primary care setting: OhioHealth Grant Medical Center Family Medicine used digital fundus photos and automated retinal imaging to sustainably increase screening rates for its underserved patient population. Read more from the Annals of Family Medicine: https://lnkd.in/e6BuK2iJ
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Have you heard of Prevent Blindness’s Children’s Vision Equity Alliance? It works to advance equity in children’s vision health through education and access to care.Learn about the program: https://lnkd.in/dVMC4TeU #EyeHealthEducation #ChildrensEyeHealth
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Researchers at Tohoku University are working to answer questions about salience and visual attention by modeling how fish form schools. Their agent-based model reacts to images of nearby fish and successfully reproduces behaviors observed in fish schools at the individual and group levels. Read more from PNAS Nexus: https://lnkd.in/eAT9HhGN
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Researchers at the University of Virginia are combining nature-inspired design with edge computing technology. Their artificial compound eyes mimic those of the praying mantis, which have 3D binocular vision and depth perception. This combination could help overcome the limits of self-driving cars’ visual systems in processing slow-moving objects. Read more from Science Robotics: https://lnkd.in/efT3mP94
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#Myopia is another word for #nearsightedness, which makes it hard to see things far away. Our friends at the American Academy of Ophthalmology have videos and infographics to help children learn more about myopia: https://lnkd.in/gyeGNGUz #EyeHealthEducation
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July’s #ImageOfTheMonth shows neovascularization — the growth of new blood vessels. Neovascularization often happens in the eyes of people with age-related #MacularDegeneration. Take a look!