About the Authors

Ralph J. Jensen

Ralph.jensen@va.gov

Affiliation VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The author has read the journal' policy and has the following conflict: A patent application, based on some of the findings of this manuscript, was submitted through the VA Technology Transfer Program: Application No. PCT/US2012/038432, Filed May 17, 2012. Title: Methods of Increasing Light Responsiveness in a Subject with Retinal Degeneration. This patent does not alter the author's adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJ. Performed the experiments: RJ. Analyzed the data: RJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJ. Wrote the paper: RJ.