Relevant Publications
- 20180507 Ashtari IOVS Visual Neuroscience
- 20170129 Ashtari American Academy of Ophthalmology
- 20150720 Ashtari Science Translational Medicine Gene Therapy Plasticity
- 20140100 Ashtari PLOS Phosphene Paper
- 20120208 Ashtari Bennett Science Translational Medicine
- 20110600 Ashtari Tech Advance JCI57377
- 20110600 Ashtari Commentary on the JCI Paper
Press Links
"Brain Changes Seen in Kids with ADHD" WebMD November 29 2004 Notes: http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/news/20041129/brain-changes-seen-in-kids-with-adhd
"Brain abnormality linked to hyperactivity disorder" ABC News, Sci-tech November 30 2004 Notes: http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/scitech/SciTechRepublish_1254380.htm
"Pot, violent videos alter teenage brain" Chicago Tribune March 24 2006 Notes: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0603240139mar24,1,4935618.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
Autistic Children Have More Gray Matter in BrainsThis imbalance may make it tougher for them to function socially, study suggests. ABC News Nov 2007 Notes: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=4509563&page=1.
Heavy Marijuana Use May Damage Developing Brain In Teens, Young Adults Science Daily Feb 2009 Notes: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202175105.htm
Sight Seen: Gene Therapy Restores Vision in Both Eyes. Scientific American website Feb 2012 Notes: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=gene-therapy-blindness
Blind-Busting Gene Therapy Works in Second Eye, Study Finds. Bloomberg Feb 2012 Notes: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-08/blindness-busting-gene-therapy-works-in-second-eye-u-s-researchers-say.html
Gene Therapy Improves Vision in Second Eye of 3 Adults. Medscape Medical News Feb 2012 Notes: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758273
Gene therapy 'gave me sight back' The BBC News Website Feb 2012 Notes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16942795
Technologies are allowing doctors to do what was once unheard of: Restore blind people's sight. Now the real challenges begin. Nature International Weekly Journal of Science 513, Sep 2014 Notes: http://www.nature.com/news/curing-blindness-vision-quest-1.15875
Vision-restoring gene therapy may also improve visual pathways in the brain. Medical Daily, July 15th, 2015: https://www.medicaldaily.com/vision-restoring-gene-therapy-may-also-improve-visual-pathways-brain-343214
Researchers better understand how the pathways in the brain recover with gene therapy. Review of Optometry Aug. 15, 2015: https://www.reviewofoptometry.com/article/gene-therapy-helps-visual-processing
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