Year: 1918
Type: article
Abstract: ABOUT 18 months ago I was able to present to this Section with my colleague, Colonel Lister, certain clinical observations on the disturbances of vision produced by gunshot injuries of the visual cortex and of the optic radiations.From these we drew certain conclusions on the cortical representation of the retina, and particularly on the segmental correspondence of different areas of the retina with separate zones of the visual cortex.Our chief conclusions were:1.The upper half of each retina is represented in the dorsal, and the lower in the ventral part of each visual area.2. The centre for macular or central vision lies in the posterior extremities of the visual areas, probably in the margins and the lateral surfaces of the occipital poles.The macular region has not a bilateral representation.3. The centre for vision subserved by the periphery of the retinae is probably situated in the anterior ends of the visual areas, and the serial concentric zones of the retina from the macula to the periphery
Source: British Journal of Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2.7.353
Author: G. Holmes
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2024913110