The Neurology of Eye Movements (Book with CD-ROM)

Leigh, R. John; Zee, David S.

ISBN 10: 0195129733 ISBN 13: 9780195129731

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1999

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 from descriptions of how data from anatomical, electrophysiological, pharmacological, and imaging studies can be directly applied to the study of disease. By critically 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, otalaryngologists, optometrists, biomedical engineers, and psychologists.

About this title

About the Author

R. John Leigh is at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Ohio. David S. Zee is at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Maryland.

Review

"This volume with its DVD is very exciting, exhilarating indeed...it has references both numbered and in alphabetical order, up to 1000+ per chapter, it has a DVD with both the whole text of the book and numerous video clips that are not copy protected- and so may be used in lectures- and it tells us about omnipause neurons...Every pediatric neurology library must of course acquire a copy."--European Journal of Pediatric Neurology
"This volume with its DVD is very exciting, exhilarating indeed...it has references both numbered and in alphabetical order, up to 1000+ per chapter, it has a DVD with both the whole text of the book and numerous video clips that are not copy protected- and so may be used in lectures- and it tells us about omnipause neurons...Every pediatric neurology library must of course acquire a copy."--European Journal of Pediatric Neurology

"The new edition, written by R. John Leigh...and David S. Zee...two highly renowned experts in eye movement disorders, is a major revision providing neurobiologists and clinicians with a synthesis of current and new scientific information that can be applied to the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of eye motility. Basic scientists will also benefit....All chapters are well written, with initial list of contents, instructive subheadings, many tables and figures, extensive and most instructive summaries, and thousands of references....This seminal book, based on personal studies of two leading experts in eye movements over more than a quarter century, established as a classic in the field, is enhanced in this new edition by an accompanying DVD featuring the full text with links to 20 video displays that provide teaching slides ready for presentation.... [an] outstanding and masterfully written reference book..."--European Journal of Neurology

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0195129733
• ISBN 13: 9780195129731
• Binding: Product Bundle
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 646