University of Houston College of Optometry Professor John O’Brien, a leading expert on retinal neuroscience (IMAGE)

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University of Houston College of Optometry Professor John O’Brien, a leading expert on retinal neuroscience

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University of Houston College of Optometry Professor John O’Brien, a leading expert on retinal neuroscience, has received $2.6 million from the National Eye Institute to continue more than 20 years of research on electrical synapses and gap junction plasticity, which affects not just the retina, but also a wide range of other neurological functions.  

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