title: Diseases of the optic nerve, tracts, and visual cortex: an annual review of the ophthalmic literature.
abstract: The ophthalmic literature dealing with diseases of the optic nerve, tracts, and visual cortex was reviewed for the period November 1976 to November 1977. Thirty-three papers of interest to optometrists have been abstracted. Main areas of interest include response of posterior segment to anterior-segment disturbances; structural anomalies in nerve-head region, including a new potential cause for hypoplasia of optic nerve; speculation on possible common origins of RPE/Bruch's membrane disturbances and endothelium/Descemet's membrane disturbances; a vascular hypothesis for pathogenesis of optic-nerve-head drusen; an explanation for reversibility of infantile glaucomatous cupping; glaucomatocyclitic crisis; the role of axoplasmic flow in papilledema; new developments in field testing for early glaucomatous loss; effects of cerebral vascular accidents on color vision; and two interesting instances of systemic disease with ocular manifestations.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003118:Color Perception; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D012171:Retinal Vessels; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D014794:Visual Fields