Cognitive Mechanisms and Hallucinations as Hallmarks of Visual System Plasticity in Hemianopic Patients During Vision Restoration Therapy (VRT)

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Identifier 20060228_nanos_posters_016.pdf
Title Cognitive Mechanisms and Hallucinations as Hallmarks of Visual System Plasticity in Hemianopic Patients During Vision Restoration Therapy (VRT)
Creator Bernhard A. Sabel; Erich Kasten; Eva M. Muller-Oehring; Ulrike Bunzenthal; J. Gothe; Dorothe A. Poggel
Affiliation (BAS) (UB) (JG) Institute of Medical Psychology; Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany; (EMMO) Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; (DAP) Center for Innovative Visual Rehabilitation; Boston VA Medical Center, Boston, MA
Subject Restoration of Vision; Hallucinations; Attention; Perimetry; Neuroplasticity
Description Patients with visual field loss after stroke and brain trauma were shown to partially regain visual function in response to vision restoration therapy (VRT), especially in areas of residual vision (ARV) at the visual field border (1, 2). The question arises as to the mechanism of this restoration.
Date 2006-02-28
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2006 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2006: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6xh2xj5
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 181028
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xh2xj5
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