hemianopia
Also known as hemianopsia
Hemianopsia, or hemianopia, is a loss of vision or blindness (anopsia) in half the visual field, usually on one side of the vertical midline. The most common causes of this damage are stroke, brain tumor, and trauma.
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Research
5,404 papers- Homonymous Hemianopia and Vision Restoration Therapy.Neurologic clinics · 2017
- Dissociations between perception and awareness in hemianopia.Restorative neurology and neuroscience · 2020
- Idiopathic binasal hemianopia: case report and literature review.European journal of ophthalmology · 2021
- Ameliorating Hemianopia with Multisensory Training.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
- Homonymous Hemianopia With Normal Neuroimaging.
Article
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Types
- Homonymous hemianopsia
- Heteronymous hemianopsia
- Other forms
- Quadrantanopia
- Visual neglect
- Management
- Notes
- References
- External links
Hemianopsia, or hemianopia, is a loss of vision or blindness (anopsia) in half the visual field, usually on one side of the vertical midline. The most common causes of this damage are stroke, brain tumor, and trauma.
This article deals only with permanent hemianopsia, and not with transitory or temporary hemianopsia, as identified by William Wollaston PRS in 1824. Temporary hemianopsia can occur in the aura phase of migraine.