Projects
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Active
Mechanisms of Photophobia in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Human Subjects: Therapeutic Implications
The purpose of this grant is to identify the mechanisms responsible for generating photophobia in patients who have suffered mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Currently, estimates indicate that this painful condition persists in about 60% of those who suffered from blast-related traumatic brain injury and 30% of those who suffered non-blast-related concussive injuries.
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Completed
Micro-Perimetry by Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope
We developed software to make the retinal placement of stimuli during micro-perimetry by a scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) independent of involuntary fixational eye movements.
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Modeling Smooth Pursuit Eye-Movement Deficits in Macular Degeneration
The project investigates the deficits in smooth pursuit in individuals with age-related macular degeneration within the framework of a Bayesian model.
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Completed
Motion as a Cue for Attention
We investigated whether relative motion can serve as a cue for sustained attention.
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Active
Motion Perception in Central Field Loss
The project investigates motion perception in individuals with vision loss due to central retinal lesion, but who retain healthy peripheral retina.
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My Vision on Vision
These short chapters summarize insights that I have gained from more than four decades working in vision rehabilitation.
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Neonatal Jaundice and Vision Loss
High concentrations of unconjugated bilirubin are neurotoxic and cause brain damage in newborn infants. However, the exact level of bilirubin that may be neurotoxic in a given infant is unknown.
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Neurodynamics of Braille Reading
[Under construction]
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Completed
Novel Method to Teach Scotoma Awareness
This project aims to improve visual function in individuals with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD isassociated with central field loss that cannot be corrected optically.
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Oculomotor Control
The binocular coordination of movements of the eyes is a complex issue controlled by many brainstem nuclei, and is subject to a wide variety of forms of disruption by traumatic brain injury and oculomotor muscles disorders.
