The Neurology of Eye Movements - Hardcover

Leigh, R. John; Zee, David S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803655282 ISBN 13: 9780803655287

Publisher: F.A. Davis Company, 1991

Synopsis

The Neurology of Eye Movements provides clinicians with a synthesis of current scientific information that can be applied to the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of ocular motility. Basic scientists will also benefit by descriptions of how data from anatomical, electrophysiological, pharmacological, and imaging studies can be directly applied to the study of disease. Bycritically reviewing such basic studies, the authors build a conceptual framework that can be applied to the interpretation of abnormal ocular motor behavior at the bedside. These syntheses are summarized in displays, new figures, schematics and tables. Early chapters discuss the visual need and neural basis for each functional class of eye movements. Two large chapters deal with the evaluation of double vision and systematically evaluate how many disorders of the central nervous system affect eye movements. This edition has been extensively rewritten and contains many new figures and an up-to-date section on the treatment of abnormal eye movements such as nystagmus. A major innovation has been the development of an option to read the book from a compact disc, make use of hypertext links (which bridge basic science to clinical issues), and view the major disorders of eye movements in over 60 video clips. This volume will provide pertinent, up-to-date information to neurologists, neuroscientists, ophthalmologists, visual scientists, otolaryngologists, optometrists, biomedical engineers, and psychologists.

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Review

Who should buy this book, with its superb DVD (references both numbered and in alphabetical order, up to 1000+ per chapter!)? Every paediatric neurology library must aquire a copy. Despite the few clinical omissions, it is for serious clinical paediatric neurologists an exellent investment. (European Journal of Paediatric Neurology)

Edition details

• Publisher: F.A. Davis Company
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0803655282
• ISBN 13: 9780803655287
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 582