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Neurological and Neuropsychological Investigation in Patients with Homonymous Visual Field Defects

PAIL, Martin, Sabina GOLDEMUNDOVÁ, Karolína SKORKOVSKÁ and Milan BRÁZDIL

Basic information

Original name

Neurological and Neuropsychological Investigation in Patients with Homonymous Visual Field Defects

Edition

1st ed. Cham, Homonymous Visual Field Defects, p. 145-160, 16 pp. 2017

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

30000 3. Medical and Health Sciences

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

ISBN

978-3-319-52282-1

Keywords in English

central visual disorder - visual cortex - associative area - agraphia - alexia - agnosia - achromatopsia - neglect - allesthesia - akinetopsia - anomia - blindsight - visual attention - visual hallucination - visual aura migraine - neuropsychology

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 26/2/2018 17:08, Soňa Böhmová

Abstract

V originále

Visual information is transfer via optic tract and processed by an interaction of the striate cortex with visual associative areas. These areas evaluate different properties of the signal and contribute to an overall perception of the visual environment. Lesions of associative cortices in humans cause disorders that are termed central visual disorders and often accompany homonymous visual field defects. An understanding functions of these areas is crucial, as many of these patients will first contact an ophthalmologist. Usually vague complaints are referred that may be difficult to specifically define. This chapter gives an overview of central visual disorders that can be found in patients with homonymous visual field defects and the principles of neurological and neuropsychological examination in these patients.