Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Medicine

Development of an Audio-based Virtual Gaming Environment to Assist with Navigation Skills in the Blind

Erin C. Connors¹, Lindsay A. Yazzolino¹, Jaime Sánchez², Lotfi B. Merabet¹

¹Laboratory for Visual Neuroplasticity, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, ²Department of Computer Science and Center for Advanced Research in Education (CARE), University of Chile

Audio-based Environment Simulator (AbES) is virtual environment software designed to improve real world navigation skills in the blind.

Medicine

Retinal Detachment Model in Rodents by Subretinal Injection of Sodium Hyaluronate

Hidetaka Matsumoto¹, Joan W. Miller¹, Demetrios G. Vavvas¹

¹Retina Service, Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School

Creating experimental retinal detachments with a reproducible and sustained height of detachment, and without subretinal hemorrhage, is important for studying the pathophysiology of photoreceptor cell loss in retinal disease and evaluating potential therapeutic interventions. Here, we report such a method in detail.