Vision Begins Before We Actually See Anything

Vision Begins Before We Actually See Anything: How does vision work, and what happens in the brain during the process? As simple as this question may sound, it has yet to be scientifically clarified in full. New research has now been able to show that the distribution of the two most important neurotransmitters in the brain changes as soon as we open our eyes, regardless of whether we actually see anything.

Read more: https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/vision-begins-before-we-actually-see-anything-312242

Reference: Katarzyna Kurcyus, Efsun Annac, Nina M. Hanning, Ashley D. Harris, Georg Oeltzschner, Richard Edden and Valentin Riedl, Opposite dynamics of GABA and glutamate levels in the occipital cortex during visual processing, Journal of Neuroscience, November 14, 2018, DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1214-18.2018

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