#amblyopia — Public Fediverse posts

Every time a delivery person tries to hand me a parcel, I reach out to the side and not far enough.
And have to explain why.

Prior to the eye op, I could shut my right eye and touch my nose with a finger accurately. Because my brain largely ignores the other eye.
With my left eye shut, the finger bypasses my face.

At least I'm not overshooting and grabbing their bodies.

#Amblyopia

Cure For Adult Lazy Eye. Adult ablyopia and vision loss, thought to be permanent, can be reversed with retinal aesthesia says MIT researchers. #amblyopia #lazyeye #retina #anesthesia
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBM6S-jkSM/

Low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation promotes plasticity of the visual cortex in adult amblyopic rats https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2023.1109735/full #rTMS #amblyopia #plasticity

2 additional leads:

Psychedelic drugs take on depression https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02205-w "might work by reopening a window of brain development — one in which the brain is much more plastic."

Critical period plasticity as a framework for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.710004/full combined with proper experience, "near-blindness from amblyopia can be reversed in rodent models."

#neuroscience #plasticity #psychedelic #psychotropic #ketamine #psilocybin #MDMA #depression #amblyopia