title: Optic nerve axons: life and death before birth.
abstract: In the 2004 Bowman Lecture, I give a panegyric for Sir William Bowman, an estimate of the importance and the epidemiology of anterior visual pathway developmental disorders, followed by a history of the anterior visual system. I review the normal development of the optic nerve and chiasm and the main developmental disorders: Optic Nerve Aplasia, Optic Nerve Hypoplasia and Achiasmia.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child Health, London WC1N IEH, UK. d.taylor@ich.ucl.ac.uk
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authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D001369:Axons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004739:England; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000196:embryology; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000196:embryology; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000196:embryology