New topics in eye research / Lauri Korhonen and Elias Laine, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Korhonen, Lauri, 1969-

Laine, Elias.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eye--Diseases.

Eye.

Vision.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The consequences of aging populations combined with the strain to the human eye caused by computers and widespread poor nutritional practices has resulted in an upsurge of research dealing with vision. This new book presents the latest research from around the world in this dynamic field.

Contents:

Ocular coloboma, unraveling the complex genetics of this congenital eye anomaly / Mariya Moosajee, Cheryl Y. Gregory-Evans

Posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy: a review of current knowledge / Katerina Jirsova, Stanislava Merjava, Petra Liskova

Retinal progenitor cells, retinal stem cells, and retinoblastoma / Samantha A. Cicero, Michael A. Dyer

Melatonin in retinal pathophysiology / Ruth E. Rosenstein

Eye tracking controlled biofeedback for orthoptic diagnosis and fusion therapy / C. Schmidt, S. M. Kallenberger, H.O. Carmesin

Ocular birth defects: new research / Imtiaz A. Chaudhry, Elsanusi Elzaridi, Yonca O. Arat - Increased spontaneous eye blink rate following sleep deprivation. A dopamine role in the antidepressant effects of sleep deprivation / Giuseppe Barbato ... [et al.]

EEG-mapping study of sex differences during visual creative thinking / Nina V. Volf, Olga M. Razumnikova, and Irina V. Tarasova

Collaborative learning through argument visualisation in secondary school / Miika Marttunen and Leena Laurinen

Visual stereotypes in an eyewitness context / Joanna Pozzulo and Murray Weeks.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61470-372-8

OCLC:

776162046