Blindness - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Striate cortical lesions affect deliberate decision and control of saccade: implication for blindsight.

13 Oct 2008 Monkeys with unilateral lesions of the primary visual cortex (V1) can make saccades to visual stimuli in their contralateral ("affected") hemifield, but their sensitivity to luminance contrast is reduced. We examined whether the effects of V1 ... Read more...

Cicatrising conjunctivitis with anti-basement membrane autoantibodies in ectodermal dysplasia.

29 Sep 2008 AIMS: To report circulating and mucosa-deposited anti-basement membrane zone autoantibodies in a series of six ectodermal dysplasia patients with severe bilateral cicatrising conjunctivitis and blindness due to both corneal disease and intractable ... Read more...

Ischemic optic neuropathy.

29 Sep 2008 Ischemic optic neuropathy is the most frequent cause of vision loss in middle age. Clinical and laboratory research studies have begun to clarify the natural history, clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria and pathogenesis of various ischemic ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Blindness'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Clinical reasoning: a 42-year-old man with sequential monocular visual loss. 19 Oct 2008
• Age-related macular degeneration. 14 Oct 2008
• Striate cortical lesions affect deliberate decision and control of saccade: implication for blindsight. 13 Oct 2008
• Blindness in the elderly. 9 Oct 2008
• [Double anniversary of ophthalmology professor Károly Hoor (1858-1927)] 3 Oct 2008
• Cicatrising conjunctivitis with anti-basement membrane autoantibodies in ectodermal dysplasia. 29 Sep 2008
• Ischemic optic neuropathy. 29 Sep 2008
• Global blindness: VISION 2020: the right to sight. 29 Sep 2008
• Human gene therapy for RPE65 isomerase deficiency activates the retinoid cycle of vision but with slow rod kinetics. 20 Sep 2008
• Optimized allotopic expression of the human mitochondrial ND4 prevents blindness in a rat model of mitochondrial dysfunction. 2 Sep 2008
• The socioeconomic impact of human immunodeficiency virus / acquired immune deficiency syndrome in India and its relevance to eye care. 30 Aug 2008
• An unusual ocular presentation of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. 30 Aug 2008
• Visual impairment due to undiagnosed refractive error in working age adults in Britain. 30 Aug 2008
• Successful RPE65 gene replacement and improved visual function in humans. 30 Aug 2008
• Leber congenital amaurosis: from darkness to spotlight. 30 Aug 2008
• Pediatric ophthalmology in the developing world. 30 Aug 2008
• C-sight visual prostheses for the blind. 30 Aug 2008
• Chronic orbital inflammation and fibrosis after retrobulbar alcohol and chlorpromazine injections in a patient with choroidal melanoma. 30 Aug 2008
• Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the orbit: malignant transformation from neurofibroma without neurofibromatosis. 30 Aug 2008
• Phthisis after endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation. 30 Aug 2008

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Technical information about 'Blindness'

Definition: The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC CHIASM diseases; or BRAIN DISEASES affecting the VISUAL PATHWAYS or OCCIPITAL LOBE.

Descriptor UI: D001766

Alternative terms: Blindness; Blindness, Acquired; Acquired Blindness; Blindness, Monocular; Monocular Blindness; Blindness, Hysterical; Hysterical Blindness; Blindness, Transient; Transient Blindness; Blindness, Legal; Legal Blindness; Amaurosis; Amauroses; Blindness, Complete; Complete Blindness;

Related Mesh Headings: Sensory Aids; Vision, Low;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.751.941.162; C11.966.075; C23.888.592.763.941.162;

Technical Notes: for Braille coord IM with SENSORY AIDS (IM) + READING (IM)