Biology of Vision

Catalog description

This course covers core fundamentals in ocular biology and vision. Emphasis is placed on anatomy, pathology, and cellular function within the eye. In addition, visual processing within the central nervous system will also be presented. Core topics include overall eye globe anatomy, development of neural and non-neural systems, basic retinal circuitry and physiology, phototransduction, cell biology of photoreceptor cells and the retinal pigment epithelium, central anatomy and higher order processing, energy metabolism in the visual system, emmetropization and myopia, aqueous humor physiology, glaucoma, photoreceptor diseases, and cornea biology.