DISEASES OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM
cod. 1004824

Academic year 2014/15
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Gabriella ORSONI
Academic discipline
Malattie apparato visivo (MED/30)
Field
"scienze dell'ortottica e dell'assistenza di oftalmologia"
Type of training activity
Characterising
35 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
hub: -
course unit
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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.
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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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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