And there are only so many nose - growing - Pinocchio and stumbling -
Blind Mice sight gags one can appreciate.
Not exact matches
Just 6 hours after they were injected,
blind mice could learn to respond to light in the same way as
sighted mice — although Kramer says he doesn't know whether they regained vision or just light sensitivity (Neuron, DOI: 10.1016 / j.neuron.2014.01.003).
If the rods and cones acted as the reset button, then the circadian rhythms of the
sighted mice should hold to the classic pattern while circadian rhythms of the
blind mice drift away.
A new genetic therapy that helped
blind mice and dogs respond to light stimulus could restore
sight to people who suffer from diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (a gradual loss of vision from periphery inwards).