Macular degeneration: retraining the brain to compensate for vision loss

27 mars 2026 par Super Administrateur [TheChamp-Sharing]
Macular degeneration leads to a gradual loss of central vision and, to date, has no curative treatment. In this study, published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) underwent four weeks of motion perception training. The results show a significant improvement in performance, which transfers to other tasks and is accompanied by changes in the activity of the brain circuits involved in vision.

Macular degeneration leads to a gradual loss of central vision and, to date, has no curative treatment. In this study, published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) underwent four weeks of motion perception training. The results show a significant improvement in performance, which transfers to other tasks and is accompanied by changes in the activity of the brain circuits involved in vision.

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