Developmental physiological optics and visual acuity: a brief review.
The development of optical and neural factors affecting visual acuity is reviewed with the aim of determining the age at which the relationship between optical and neural factors become mature. Delayed development of extrastriate cortical and indirect visual pathways may account for differences in acuity assessed by preferential looking and pattern reversal VEPs.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001519:Behavior; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005123:Eye / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012160:Retina / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000254:growth & development; D014794:Visual Fields; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000254:growth & development