title: The development of vision.
abstract: Disorders of visual function are common findings in children with neonatal brain lesions of antenatal and perinatal onset. In the last few years the development of age appropriate batteries for assessing visual function in the first years and the combined use of neuroimaging and neurophysiological techniques have allowed to achieve better understanding of the mechanisms underlying development of vision in low risk infants and in those with brain lesions. We will review the main models of visual development and the tests available to assess visual function in infancy, focusing on the recently described battery of tests for assessing early visual abilities in preterm and full term infants.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurology Unit, Catholic University, Rome, Italy. e.mercuri@ic.ac.uk
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mercuri
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baranello
authors.forename: Domenico M M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cesarini
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ricci
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014785:Vision, Ocular