Electrical stimulation to help the blind see
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 11:02
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- In people who have lost vision due to an injury or disease, the brain is still capable of "seeing." Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Cognitive and Brain Science Department are hoping to use this idea and the use of electrical stimulation to work to someday help restore vision to those who have lost it.