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FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
Volume 4, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00080
Keywords
hemianopia; visual fields; perimetry; blindsight; vision disorders
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- DFG [436 POL 126/0-1]
- ERA-net neuron project Restoration of Vision after Stroke (BEVIS), BMBF [01EW1210]
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Unilateral visual cortex lesions caused by stroke or trauma lead to blindness in contralateral visual field a condition called homonymous hemianopia. Although the visual field area processed by the uninjured hemisphere is thought to be intact, it also exhibits marked perceptual deficits in contrast sensitivity, processing speed, and contour integration. Such patients are sightblind - their blindness reaches far beyond the primary scotoma. Studies showing perceptual deficits in patients' intact fields are reviewed and implications of these findings are discussed. It is concluded that consequences of partial blindness are greater than previously thought, since perceptual deficits in the intact field likely contribute to subjective vision loss in patients with visual field defect. This has important implications for vision diagnosis and rehabilitation.
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