Identifier |
20000329_nanos_pupilsympos_02 |
Title |
New Observations Regarding the Anatomy of the Pupillary Light Reflex: Animal Studies |
Creator |
Paul D. Gamlin |
Affiliation |
Birmingham, AL |
Subject |
Pupillary Light Reflex; Anatomy; Animal Studies; Pretectal Olivary Nucleus; Pretectal Luminance Neurons |
Description |
In humans and other primates, an increase in luminance in either eye elicits bilateral pupilloconstriction that is essentially equal in both eyes. Our current thinking regarding the subcortical pathway for this pupillary light reflex owes much to the early studies of Magoun and Ranson and to later studies of Carpenter and colleagues. Textbook models of the pupillary light reflex pathway explain the behavior of this clinically-important reflex by proposing that a pretectal nucleus receives direct retinal input and projects bilaterally to the Edinger-Westphal nucleus, which contains the parasympathetic, preganglionic neurons controlling pupilloconstriction. |
Date |
1999-03-18 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
2000 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
Relation is Part of |
NANOS 2000: Pupil |
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 2000. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s68w6kwx |
Context URL |
The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/ |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
ID |
182372 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68w6kwx |