A new Australian study finds that the visual hallucinations sometimes experienced by patients with macular degeneration (MD) may be linked to abnormally heightened activity in the visual cortex of the brain.
Macular degeneration is a retinal eye disease that causes progressive deterioration of the central region of the retina, leading to visual loss in the center of one’s field of vision, while peripheral vision usually remains unaffected. MD is a leading cause of legal blindness in...
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/10/28/hallucinations-tied-to-brain-hyperactivity-in-macular-degeneration-patients/139865.html
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