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Neurological and Neuropsychological Investigation in Patients with Homonymous Visual Field Defects

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Visual information is transferred via the optic pathway 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 the so-called central visual disorders that may accompany homonymous visual field defects. An understanding of the functions of these areas is important, as many of these patients will first contact an ophthalmologist, usually with vague complaints 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 of the principles of neurological and neuropsychological examination in these patients.

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  1. Department of Neurology, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Pekařská 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic

    Martin Pail MD, PhD

  2. Department of Neurology, St. Anne´s University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Sabina Goldemundová & Milan Brázdil

  3. Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, St. Anne´s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic

    Karolína Skorkovská

  4. Department of Optometry and Orthoptics, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Karolína Skorkovská

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Pail, M., Goldemundová, S., Skorkovská, K., Brázdil, M. (2017). Neurological and Neuropsychological Investigation in Patients with Homonymous Visual Field Defects. In: Skorkovská, K. (eds) Homonymous Visual Field Defects. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52284-5_10

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