Title | The Effects of Aging and Environment on Vision [electronic resource] / edited by Donald Armstrong, Michael F. Marmor, J. Mark Ordy |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1991 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3758-8 |
Descript | VIII, 231 p. online resource |
I Epidemiology, Clinical, and Psychophysical Research -- Visual Acuity, Aging, and Environmental Interactions: A Neuroscience Perspective -- Visual Environmental Impairment Scan (V.E.I.S.) -- Environmental and Lifestyle Correlates of Good Vision in An Elderly Sample -- The Effect of Aging Upon Psychophysical Receptive Field Properties -- Age-Related Differences in Iconic Memory and Visual Attention -- Diagnosis (and Diagnostic Needs) of Older Low Vision Patients -- Multidisciplinary Assessments of Visual and Psychomotor Functions Essential for Driving in the Elderly -- II Ophthalmological, Biochemical, Physiological, and Anatomical Studies -- Maturation and Aging are Associated with Decrements in Ubiquitin-Protein Conjugation Capability: Plausible Involvement of Impaired Proteolytic Capabilities in Cataract Formation -- Development and Age-Associated Changes in Extracellular Matrix of the Human Eye -- Role of Aldose Reductase and Effects of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors in Ocular Tissue Aging Phenomena in the Diabetic Rat -- Questioning the Nature of Age Pigment (Lipofuscin) in the Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Its Relationship to Age-Related Macular Degeneration -- The Effects of Age on Parallel Processing in the Human Optic Nerve -- Evoked Potentials and EEG Suggest CNS Inhibitory Deficits in Aging -- III Environmental Hazards -- Macular Degeneration and the Effects of Light -- Senescent Alterations in the Retina and Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Evidence for Mechanisms Based on Nutritional Studies -- The Influence of Anticholinesterase Pesticides on Visual Motor Function: A Possible Accelerator in Aging -- Environmental Toxicology and the Aging Visual System -- Contributors