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  • Ophthalmology
  • Neuroscience
  • Neurorehabilitation

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  • Visual field defects from retinal or optic nerve damage are typically irreversible.
  • The brain's neuroplasticity offers potential for visual field recovery by amplifying residual vision.
  • Neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to reorganize, is crucial for learning and can be stimulated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how neuroplasticity can be harnessed to treat visual field loss.
  • To evaluate new treatment paradigms for activating residual vision.

Main Methods:

  • Vision restoration training: a 6-month behavioral task for specific visual field defects.
  • Non-invasive alternating current stimulation: 30-minute daily sessions for 10 days to activate retina and brain.
  • Physiological studies using EEG and fMRI to observe brain changes.

Main Results:

  • Both treatments improved vision subjectively and objectively, including visual field enlargement and better acuity.
  • Approximately 70% of patients responded positively with no serious adverse events.
  • EEG and fMRI showed significant brain activation and network reorganization.

Conclusions:

  • Modulating neuroplasticity can strengthen residual vision, making some visual field loss reversible.
  • The brain plays a vital role in visual rehabilitation, offering hope for patients.
  • New therapies demonstrate the potential for improving vision-related quality of life.