Guest speaker: Dr. Henri Leinonen, Academy of Finland Fellow and Research Director in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Eastern Finland.
In this webinar, Dr. Henri Leinonen explores how visual electrophysiology can be used as a powerful tool in neuroscience to probe the function of both the retina and the brain. By recording electroretinography (ERG) and visual evoked potentials (VEPs), researchers can obtain objective, quantifiable readouts of visual pathway activity—from the photoreceptors to the visual cortex—that are sensitive to subtle changes in neural function. These methods provide unique opportunities to study how genetic mutations, neurodegenerative processes, injury, and pharmacological interventions affect the visual system as part of broader nervous system function. Examples highlight how visual electrophysiology can reveal cortical and retinal alterations in neurological disease models and detect early biomarkers of neural dysfunction. Real-world applications in neuroscience research, drug discovery, and gene therapy are discussed.