The long-awaited second edition of an authoritative reference on
electrophysiologic vision testing, including detailed information on
techniques and problems, basic physiology and anatomy, theoretical
concepts, and clinical findings; with extensive new material.
This authoritative text is the only comprehensive reference available on
electrophysiologic vision testing, offering both practical information
on techniques and problems as well as basic physiology and anatomy,
theoretical concepts, and clinical correlations. The second edition, of
the widely used text, offers extensive new material and updated
information: 65 of the 84 chapters are completely new, with the changes
reflecting recent advances in the field. The book will continue to be an
essential resource for practitioners and scholars from a range of
disciplines within vision science.
The contributions not only cover new information--important material
that is likely to become more important in the next decade--but also
offer a long-range perspective on the field and its remarkable
development in the last century. After discussing the history and
background of clinical electrophysiology, the book introduces the
anatomy of the retina and principles of cell biology in the visual
pathways at the molecular, physiological, and biochemical levels. It
relates these new findings to the techniques and interpretations of
clinical tests, including the electro-oculogram (EOG), electroretinogram
(ERG), and visual evoked potentials (VEP), which are discussed in
detail, as are equipment, data acquisition and analysis, principles and
protocols for clinical testing, diseases and dysfunction, and animal
testing. Notable additions for this edition include chapters on the
origin of electroretinogram waveforms, multifocal techniques, testing in
standard laboratory animals, recent advances in analysis of
abnormalities in disease, and the applications of these techniques to
the study of genetic abnormalities.
