Chapter contents
Overview
Sensory transduction
Central course
Primary visual cortex
Retinal deficits
Optic nerve damage
Chiasm damage
Damage posterior to chiasm
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Clinical correlation - damage to the optic nerve
Damage to the optic nerve will also result in a monocular visual defect due to loss of input from the ipsilateral eye. The patient will complain of blindness in that eye.
Figure 2-8. Damage to the optic nerve - ipsilateral blindness.
