Celesia G.G. (ed.) Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology, v. 5. Disorders of Visual Processing

Amsterdam: Academic Press, Elsevier, 2005. - 551 p.Morphology and physiology of the retina.
Anatomy and physiology of the visual pathways and cortex.
Visual attention and visual awareness.
Electroretinography.
The multifocal electroretinogram.
Visual evoked potentials.
Oscillatory responses and gamma band activity.
Visual evoked magnetic fields and magnetic stimulation of visual cortex.
Psychophysical techniques.
Visual cognitive ERPs.
Assessment of vision in infants and young children.
Role of clinical neurophysiology in assessing both normal and pathological processing of visual information.
Color vision deficiencies.
Genetically determined disorders of retinal function.
Acquired retinopathies.
Experimental genetic disorders and visual neurophysiology.
Central disorders of visual processing: A pragmatic classification.
Positive spontaneous visual phenomena.
Optic neuropathies and disorders of optic chiasma.
Visual field defects of central origin.
Visual apperception and agnosia.
Cortical blindness and visual anosognosia.
Blindsight: hypotheses and clinical implications.
Achromatopsia and chromatic blindsight.
Visual dysfunction in disorders with altered dopaminergic neurotransmission.
Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating disorders.
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Epilepsy and visual phenomena.
Future advances and applications.