Learning objectives
To promote basic knowledge of vision mechanism, from the first step (photoreceptors) to final step (occipital visual cortex). To apply phisiopatology of visual function to central and peripheric eredo-degenerative retinopathies.
To gain fundamental insight about binocular vision, stereopsis, and their impairment.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
o Retinal image
o The retina
o The optic nerve head
o The visual pathways
o The visual cortex
• CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF VISION.
o Retinal layers and byoelectrical responses
o Ganzfeld ERG
o Focale e multifocal ERG
o Electrooculogram
o Pattern ERG (PERG)
o Visual cortex layers and byoelectrical responses potenziali evocati visivi
● Eredo-degenerative Retinopathies
o Definition
o Genetic
o Retinal pigmented epitelium degenerations
o Photoreceptors degenerations
o Internal retinal degenerations
o Other degenerations
o Diagnosys
o Clinical practice
o Terapeutic perspectives
binocular interaction: corresponding retinal points and areas
horopter, Panum's area
simultaneous perception and stereopsis
3D perception: monocular and binocular factors
development of binocular vision and related problems
diplopia and confusion
suppression, anomalous retinal correspondence (ARC)
neurophysiological basis of amblyopia
Full programme
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Bibliography
R.W. Rodieck: “The first steps in seeing”, Sinauer Associates, Inc.
J.J. Kanski: “Oftalmologia clinica”, Masson Italia
Tasman, Jaeger, eds. Duane's Ophthalmology. LWW 2006.
Teaching methods
Oral and practical lesson
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam
Other information
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