[HTML][HTML] Amblyopia and the binocular approach to its therapy

RF Hess, B Thompson - Vision research, 2015 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence that abnormal binocular interactions play a key role in amblyopia.
In particular, stronger suppression of the amblyopic eye has been associated with poorer …

Binocular vision in amblyopia: structure, suppression and plasticity

RF Hess, B Thompson, DH Baker - … and Physiological Optics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The amblyopic visual system was once considered to be structurally monocular. However, it
now evident that the capacity for binocular vision is present in many observers with …

A new binocular approach to the treatment of amblyopia in adults well beyond the critical period of visual development

RF Hess, B Mansouri… - Restorative neurology and …, 2010 - content.iospress.com
Purpose: The present treatments for amblyopia are predominately monocular aiming to
improve the vision in the amblyopic eye through either patching of the fellow fixing eye or …

New insights into amblyopia: binocular therapy and noninvasive brain stimulation

RF Hess, B Thompson - Journal of American Association for Pediatric …, 2013 - Elsevier
The current approach to the treatment of amblyopia is problematic for a number of reasons.
First, it promotes recovery of monocular vision but because it is not designed to promote …

New concepts concerning the neural mechanisms of amblyopia and their clinical implications

AMF Wong - Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012 - Elsevier
Amblyopia is a visual impairment secondary to abnormal visual experience (eg, strabismus,
anisometropia, form deprivation) during early childhood that cannot be corrected …

[HTML][HTML] Rethinking amblyopia 2020

DM Levi - Vision research, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent work has transformed our ideas about the neural mechanisms, behavioral
consequences and effective therapies for amblyopia. Since the 1700′ s, the clinical …

[HTML][HTML] New perspectives in amblyopia therapy on adults: a critical role for the excitatory/inhibitory balance

L Baroncelli, L Maffei, A Sale - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Amblyopia is the most common form of impairment of visual function affecting one eye, with
a prevalence of about 1–5% of the total world population. This pathology is caused by early …

Amblyopia and binocular vision

EE Birch - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2013 - Elsevier
Amblyopia is the most common cause of monocular visual loss in children, affecting 1.3%–
3.6% of children. Current treatments are effective in reducing the visual acuity deficit but …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroimaging of amblyopia and binocular vision: a review

O Joly, E Frankó - Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Amblyopia is a cerebral visual impairment considered to derive from abnormal visual
experience (eg, strabismus, anisometropia). Amblyopia, first considered as a monocular …

[HTML][HTML] Dichoptic training enables the adult amblyopic brain to learn

J Li, B Thompson, D Deng, LYL Chan, M Yu, RF Hess - Current biology, 2013 - cell.com
Adults with amblyopia, a common visual cortex disorder caused primarily by binocular
disruption during an early critical period, do not respond to conventional therapy involving …