BIOL 5501
Offered Fall 2023
Course master: Joshua Morgan, PhD
This course provides a guided tour of the visual system from the front of the eye to the back of the brain. Lectures will address the development, anatomy, physiology and pathologies of structures including the anterior segment of the eye, retina and central visual pathways.
Topics covered often include:
- Evolution of the eye
- Functions of visual behaviors
- Corneal structure, function and renewal
- Lens structure, function and cataracts
- Aqueous humor structure and function
- Vitreous structure and function
- Retinal development, structure and function
- Phototransduction and visual processing
- Retinal diseases
- Visual brain development, structure and function