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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Vis Sci. 2021 Jun 1;7:633–664. doi: 10.1146/annurev-vision-100419-114940

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Functional and structural changes in the aging retina. (a) Visual impairment is prevalent in the elderly. Molecular alterations accumulated over time trigger cellular responses that together determine the structural and functional retinal aging phenotype. (b) Representation of retinal vertical sections showing characteristic morphological features of the young adult retina (left) and anatomical modifications in the aged retina (right).