Myopia: why the retina stops inhibiting eye growth

HIGHLIGHTS

  • who: Barbara Swiatczak from the InstitutUniversity of have published the Article: Myopia: why the retina stops inhibiting eye growth, in the Journal: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports
  • what: Our results demonstrate for the first time that the human retina uses the difference in focus in the blue and the red to determine the sign of defocus for emmetropization.

SUMMARY

    A possible explanation could be that contrast sensitivity in the blue is reduced in myopic eyes to an extent that the retina can no longer determine the level of defocus. Software was developed . . .

     

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