Dr. Rachel M Huckfeldt MD
Ophthalmologist
2014 Washington St Medical Education Newton Lower Falls MA, 02462About
Dr. Rachel Huckfeldt is an ophthalmologist practicing in Newton Lower Falls, MA. Dr. Huckfeldt specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Huckfeldt can practice medicine as well as surgery. Opthalmologists can perform surgeries because they have their medical degrees along with at least eight years of additional training. Dr. Huckfeldt can diagnose and treat diseases, perform eye operations and prescribe eye glasses and contacts. Ophthalmologists can also specialize even further in a specific area of eye care.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Circadian entrainment to temperature, but not light, in the isolated suprachiasmatic nucleus.
- Transient neurites of retinal horizontal cells exhibit columnar tiling via homotypic interactions.
- Assembly of the outer retina in the absence of GABA synthesis in horizontal cells.
- Neuroprotection for retinal detachment.
- Promising first steps in gene therapy for choroideremia.
- Efficient transduction and optogenetic stimulation of retinal bipolar cells by a synthetic adeno-associated virus capsid and promoter.
- Management of Cystoid Macular Edema in Retinitis Pigmentosa.
- Gene therapy for inherited retinal degenerations: initial successes and future challenges.
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