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Is dopamine playing a role? Like social media use on top of less sunlight? Some of the genetics linked to myopia involve dopamine: https://www.revieweducationg
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Is dopamine playing a role? Like social media use on top of less sunlight? Some of the genetics linked to myopia involve dopamine:
https://www.revieweducationgroup.com/ce/how-environment-and-genetics-give-rise-to-myopia https://www.revieweducationgroup.com/ce/how-environment-and-...
"Some of the loci identified include those involved in dopamine and light processing. These genetic findings provide further support for mechanisms of myopia development involving light exposure, defocus and contrast.
Despite these important findings informing potential genetic locations and mechanisms of myopia development, these studies have identified less than 5% of the variation in refractive error due to genetic variants.42 Clearly, the dramatic rise in myopia cannot be due to genetics alone, but is likely due to a combination of both genetic susceptibility and increased environmental triggers."