Twitter Google Share on Facebook visual cortex (redirected fromVisual area V1) Thesaurus Medical Related to Visual area V1:Visual area V4,Visual association area ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1.visual cortex- the cortical area that receives information from the...
Visual dysfunction predicts cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease. Optom Vis Sci 1995; 72(3): 168–176. 4 Denise A, Valenti OD. Alzheimer's disease: Visual system review. Optometry 2010; 81: 12–21. 5 Blanks JC, Torigoe Y, Hinton DR, Blanks RH. Retinal pathology in Alzheimer's ...
If the child passed the pretest, the tester placed an adhesive patch over the left eye and tested the right eye at 4 m, using ETDRS chart number 1. Beginning with the top line on the chart, the child was asked to identify the first 3 letters on each line verbally or by matching. ...
Besides, complex visual deficits associated to parietal and occipital cortices damage that occur in AD20,22, such as impairment of reading abilities, could interfere with their performance in the ETDRS chart. Several studies have detected an inverse association between cognitive decline and visual ...
Reducing visual deficits caused by refractive errors in school and preschool children: results of a pilot school program in the Andean region of Apurimac, Peru. Glob Health Action. 2014;7(7):22656. PMID:24560253Latorre S, Gil D, Enciso O, Phelan A, Garcia A, Kohler J. Reducing visual ...
6 A growing body of research has indicated that the causes of crashes by older drivers are multifactorial but largely due to driver error stemming from functional impairments, including sensory, cognitive, and physical deficits.1 Of particular concern is vision impairment because numerous studies find...
1 Although AD is most commonly associated with memory deficits and cognitive impairment, patients with AD also exhibit alterations in sensory perception, such as visual processing.2, 3, 4 Recent studies reported retinal thinning in AD patients compared with healthy subjects, especially in the macular...
Many different types of diseases and deficits during development can cause visual discrimination disturbances. Practitioners need to be cognizant of and knowledgeable about when to refer a patient to a specialist for further examination and workup; this is especially true of Family Physicians and ophtha...
Initial visual acuity was measured using an M&S logMAR chart. Inclusion criteria were: (i) presence of strabismic and/or anisometropic amblyopia; (ii) 0.0 logMAR visual acuity or better in the fellow eye (FE). Exclusion criteria57,58,59,60 were: (i) presence of a scalp skin condition ...
2012, http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2012WorldPopAgeingDev_Chart/2012PopAgeingandDev_WallChart.pdf, Google Scholar Olusanya B, Onoja G, Ibraheem W, Bekibele C: Profile of patients presenting at a low vision clinic in a developing country. BMC Ophthalmol. 2012, 12: 31-doi:...