Assessment of Cortical Visual Field Representations with Multifocal VEPs in Control Subjects, Patients with Albinism, and Female Carriers of Ocular Albinism
Author(s) -
Michael B. Hoffmann,
Birgit Lorenz,
Markus N. Preising,
Petra S. Seufert
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.05-1471
Subject(s) - albinism , visual field , audiology , contrast (vision) , ophthalmology , psychology , nystagmus , stimulus (psychology) , medicine , biology , optics , genetics , physics , psychotherapist
In human albinism, part of the temporal retina projects abnormally to the contralateral hemisphere. This study was undertaken to test whether this abnormality can be identified with multifocal visual evoked potentials (mfVEPs) and whether it is evident in carriers of ocular albinism (OA1).
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