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PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF VISION
cod. 08774

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Malattie apparato visivo (MED/30)
Field
"scienze ortottiche e dell'assistenza oftalmologica"
Type of training activity
Characterising
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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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.

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Course unit content

 • VISUAL FUNCTION LEVELS: FROM RETINAL IMAGE to VISUAL PERCEPTION. <br />
o Retinal image <br />
o The retina <br />
o The optic nerve head <br />
o The visual pathways <br />
o The visual cortex <br />
• CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF VISION. <br />
o Retinal layers and byoelectrical responses <br />
o Ganzfeld ERG <br />
o Focale e multifocal ERG <br />
o Electrooculogram <br />
o Pattern ERG (PERG) <br />
o Visual cortex layers and byoelectrical responses potenziali evocati visivi <br />
● Eredo-degenerative Retinopathies <br />
o Definition <br />
o Genetic <br />
o Retinal pigmented epitelium degenerations <br />
o Photoreceptors degenerations <br />
o Internal retinal degenerations <br />
o Other degenerations <br />
o Diagnosys <br />
o Clinical practice <br />
o Terapeutic perspectives <br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

R.W. Rodieck: “The first steps in seeing”, Sinauer Associates, Inc. <br />
J.J. Kanski: “Oftalmologia clinica”, Masson Italia <br />

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