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Visual PathwayVisual Pathway
Med 6573: Nervous System
University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth
Donna J. Forbes, Ph.D.
29 February 2008
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• Nolte Chapter 17
• Netter: Plates 86 and 114
• Related materials from other faculty• Dr. Downing: Histology of the Eye
• Dr. Stauffer: Physiology of the Eye
• Dr. Trachte: Pharmacology of the Eye
• Dr. Hollenhorst: Clinical Ophthalmology
• Dr. Meyerson: Neurological Exam
• Washington University: The Basic Visual Pathway http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/basvis.html
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References
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• Visual Acuity: Eye, CN II & beyond in the visual pathway
• Visual Fields: Central & Peripheral Vision (retina to cortex)
• Ocular Motility: (CN III, IV, VI)
• Reflexes • Pupillary Light Reflex (CN II & III)
• Accommodation (Near) Reflex
• Corneal Reflex (CN V & VII)
• Retina including Optic disc: (Increased intracranial pressure; status of blood vessels reflecting hypertension, diabetes, etc.)
• Visual Pathway: Since it is precisely organized & extends from the rostral to caudal aspect of the hemispheres, lesions along the pathway produce specific deficits that can aid in localizing the lesion.
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Eyes are the window to the brain!Eye Exam
Learning Objectives Relationship of bipolar & ganglion cells to the visual pathway Relationship of retinal quadrants to visual field quadrants Understanding of monocular vs. binocular visual fields Importance of “corresponding points” on the retinae & the “Blind spot” Components of the visual pathway; nuclei involved; location of
decussations, etc. Representation of the visual field within the structures of the visual
pathway. [Upper vs. lower fields; Nasal vs.Temporal fields; Macular vs. Peripheral fields representation]
Visual field deficits associated with damage along the visual pathway Components & basis of the:
Direct & consensual pupillary light reflexPupillary dilationAccommodation or near reflex
Definition or description of terms: amblyopia, Argyll Robertson pupil, diplopia, hemianopsia, heteronymous, homonymous, Horner’s syndrome, Meyer’s loop, quadrantanopsia, retinotopic, scotoma, strabismus
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Pathway extends from the
‘front’ to the ‘back’ of the
brain.• Precise retinotopic
organization• Deficits due to lesions of
the pathway give valuable
localizing information.
The Visual PathwayPg. 2
OT
ON OC
VISUAL CORTEX
RETINA
VISUAL FIELD
LGNOPTIC
RADIATIONS
ON = Optic Nerve
OC = Optic Chiasm
OT = Optic Tract
LGN = Lateral Geniculate Nucleus of Thalamus
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Beginning of the PathwayPg. 2
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Cells of the Retina
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Rods and Cones (Receptors)
Ganglion cells axons form the optic nerve
Bipolar cells
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Object to be seen
Peripheral Retina
The next slide looks at the retina as if you are looking through
the patient’s pupil via your
ophthalmoscope.
Central Retina (fovea in the macula lutea)
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Retinal Quadrants
nose
UTQ UTQ
LTQ LTQLNQLNQ
UNQ UNQ
Right retina Left retina
Papilla (optic nerve head)
Macula with fovea centralis
Retina as you would see it through the ophthalmoscope & the patient’s pupil
Temporal Hemiretina
UTQ = upper temporal quadrant
LTQ = lower temporal quadrant
Nasal Hemiretina
UNQ = upper nasal quadrant
LNQ = lower nasal quadrant
Horizontal Meridian
Vertical Meridian
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The blind spot in the Visual Field corresponds to the location of the optic nerve head on the NASAL side of the retina.
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Visual Fields & the Visual PathwayPg. 2
OT
ON OC
VISUAL CORTEX
RETINA
VISUAL FIELD
LGNOPTIC
RADIATIONS
ON = Optic Nerve
OC = Optic Chiasm
OT = Optic Tract
LGN = Lateral Geniculate Nucleus of Thalamus
The following slides begin with the
visual fields and then follow the
pathway from the retina to the visual
cortex.
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Definition: The entire area that can be “seen” by the patient without movement of the head and with the eyes fixed on a single spot.
Visual Fields Pg. 3
Mapping of Visual Fields:• Confrontational method
(see Dr. Meyerson’s “Neurological Exam” notes)
• Perimetry (Manual or Automated)
Temporal Field of Left Eye
Nasal Field of Left Eye
F
Normal Monocular Visual Field of Right Eye
Normal Monocular Visual Field of Left Eye
F
Monocular Visual Fields
Monocular Visual Fields: • Each eye is tested separately.
• The monocular visual field is plotted with the Fovea (F) at the center.
• The monocular visual field (colored area -- blue for left; green for right in this example) is not round.
• Horizontal and Vertical Meridians correspond to those of the retina and divide the visual field into upper temporal, upper nasal, lower temporal and lower nasal quadrants.
• Imagine that this is your visual field, i.e. all that you can see with your left eye and your right eye (tested separately) when you look straight ahead and do not move your head or eyes.
Vertical Meridian
Horizontal Meridian
Upp
er F
ield
of
Left
Eye
Low
er F
ield
of
Left
Eye
UTQ
LTQ
UNQ
LNQ
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Blind Spot
• 15° to the temporal side of the visual field of each eye
• On the horizontal meridian
• Corresponds to the location of the optic nerve head 15° to the nasal side of the retina of each eye.
Visual Fields
Demonstration of the Blind Spot: • Draw the star and box on a piece of paper.• Close your left eye; Look at the star with your right eye; Move paper back and forth
until the green box disappears.• Open your left eye and the box can be seen because even though it was falling on the
blind spot of the right eye, it is not falling on the blind spot of your left eye.• With both eyes open & binocular vision intact, you don’t realize that there is a blind
spot since the corresponding spot on the contralateral retina will see the object.
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Temporal Field of Left Eye
Nasal Field of Left Eye
Normal Monocular Visual Field of Left Eye
F F
Normal Monocular Visual Field of Right Eye
Upp
er F
ield
of
Left
Eye
Low
er F
ield
of
Left
Eye
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Visual Fields: Binocular
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Normal Binocular Visual Field
F
Right Visual FieldLeft Visual Field
Upper Fields
Lower Fields
Temporal Field of Left Eye
Nasal Field of Left Eye
Normal Monocular Visual Field of Left Eye
F F
Normal Monocular Visual Field of Right Eye
Understand the difference between the “monocular visual field of the left eye” vs. the “binocular left visual field” and vice versa for the right counterparts.
• Binocular field combines the two monocular visual fields with the foveas (F) aligned with one another. (i.e. the ‘pink area’ in the image to the right)
• Left Visual Field seen by both the left & right eyes.
• Right Visual Field seen by both the left & right eyes.
• Monocular crescent for each eye (blue for left eye & green for right eye) is only seen by the nasal retina of the same eye.
Monocular Crescent of Right Eye
Monocular Crescent of
Left Eye
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Visual Fields: Binocular
Binocular vision is dependent upon the extraocular muscles aligning the eyes so that an image falls on “corresponding points” on the retina of each eye. This is essential for the brain to perceive a single image. Diplopia occurs when the images are not aligned to fall on corresponding points of each retina.
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Normal Binocular Visual Field
F
Right Visual FieldLeft Visual Field
Upper Fields
Lower Fields
Temporal Field of Left Eye
Nasal Field of Left Eye
Normal Monocular Visual Field of Left Eye
F F
Normal Monocular Visual Field of Right Eye
Demonstration of the Binocular Visual Field & Monocular Crescent:
• Look straight ahead• Close your right eye• Move your finger to the right until it disappears
• Open right eye to see the pencil -- in the right temporal monocular crescent of your visual field.
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Visual Fields Pg. 4
The image of an object in the visual field is inverted and reversed right to left on the retina.
• Temporal field of left eye (red & purple) is seen by the nasal retina of the left eye
• Nasal field of the left eye (green & yellow) is seen by the temporal retina of the left eye.
• Superior field of the left eye (red & green) is seen by the inferior retina of the left eye.
• Inferior field of the left eye (purple & yellow) is seen by the superior retina of the left eye.
• Similarly, the image is inverted & reversed for the right eye.
Retina of Left Eye
Retina of Right Eye
NOTE:
DOTTED OUTLINE = MONOCULAR FIELD OF LEFT EYE
SOLID OUTLINE = MONOCULAR FIELD OF RIGHT EYE
Binocular
Visual Field
Monocular Crescent of Right Eye
Monocular Crescent of
Left Eye
Note: To avoid confusion and abide by convention, central representation, visual deficits, etc. will be described in terms of visual fields and not retinal quadrants.
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Visual Pathway• Optic Nerve (ON)
• = Axons of ganglion cells in the retina of the corresponding eye
• Outgrowth of diencephalon, so is a CNS tract & not a ‘true’ cranial nerve.
• Myelinated by oligodendrocytes.
• Optic Chiasm (OC)
• Located just anterior to pituitary
• Partial crossing of optic nerve axons in the OC is essential to binocular vision
• Axons from temporal fields cross
• Axons from nasal fields do not cross
• “Wilbrand’s knee” may be artifact
Note: Reference point = Visual Fields
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Retinotopic representation• Central (macular) vision• Peripheral vision
Left visual field Right visual field
Right retinaLeft retina
Left LGN
Temporal
Nasal Temporal
Nasal
lateral lateralmedial medial
LVFLVF UVFUVF
E.W.
Right visual cortex
midbrain
Right LGN
Left visual cortex
Left temporal
retina
Right temporal
retina
Nasal retina
Ciliary ganglion
pretectal nuclei
cuneus
lingual gyrus
Calcarine sulcus
III
III
Upper field
Lower field
VISUAL FIELDS:
Hatched = binocular
Stippled = monocular
Central area = macula
ON
OC
OT
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• Optic Tract (OT)
• Optic nerve fibers from the optic chiasm continue as the optic tract & terminate in the lateral geniculate nucleus of thalamus.
• Each tract contains axons that carry input from the contralateral visual field.
• Left OT receives from R. visual field
• Right OT receives from the L. visual field
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Note: Reference point = Visual Fields
Retinotopic representation• Central (macular) vision• Peripheral vision
Left visual field Right visual field
Right retinaLeft retina
Left LGN
Temporal
Nasal Temporal
Nasal
lateral lateralmedial medial
LVFLVF UVFUVF
E.W.
Right visual cortex
midbrain
Right LGN
Left visual cortex
Left temporal
retina
Right temporal
retina
Nasal retina
Ciliary ganglion
pretectal nuclei
cuneus
lingual gyrus
III
III
Visual PathwayPost-Chiasmatic portion of the pathway:
From optic tract to visual cortex, each side of the brain deals with the contralateral visual field.
Upper field
Lower field
VISUAL FIELDS:
Hatched = binocular
Stippled = monocular
Central area = macula
ON
OC
OT• Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN)
• Primary termination of OT fibers
• Each LGN receives input from the contralateral visual field.
• OT Projections to pretectum for reflexes
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Retinotopic representation• Central (macular) vision• Peripheral vision
• Geniculocalcarine Tract (= optic radiations)
• Axons of LGN neurons travel to primary visual cortex (Area 17) via the geniculocalcarine tract located in the retrolenticular and sublenticular portions of the internal capsule.
• Axons from upper visual fields take a looping course into the temporal lobe on the way to visual cortex. (=Meyer’s loop)
• Axons from lower visual fields take a more direct route to visual cortex.
• Macular fibers are in an intermediate location in the optic radiation.
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Note: Reference point = Visual Fields
Left visual field Right visual field
Right retinaLeft retina
Left LGN
Temporal
Nasal Temporal
Nasal
lateral lateralmedial medial
LVFLVF UVFUVF
E.W.
Right visual cortex
midbrain
Right LGN
Left visual cortex
Left temporal
retina
Right temporal
retina
Nasal retina
Ciliary ganglion
pretectal nuclei
cuneus
lingual gyrus
Calcarine sulcus
III
III
Meyer’s loop
Optic radiation or geniculocalcarine
tract
Visual PathwayPost-Chiasmatic portion of the pathway: From optic tract to visual cortex, each side of the brain
deals with the contralateral visual field.
Upper field
Lower field
VISUAL FIELDS:
Hatched = binocular
Stippled = monocular
Central area = macula
ON
OC
OT
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Visual PathwayPgs. 4 - 5
Note: Reference point = Visual Fields
Retinotopic representation• Central (macular) vision• Peripheral vision
Left visual field Right visual field
Right retinaLeft retina
Left LGN
Temporal
Nasal Temporal
Nasal
lateral lateralmedial medial
LVFLVF UVFUVF
E.W.
Right visual cortex
midbrain
Right LGN
Left visual cortex
Left temporal
retina
Right temporal
retina
Nasal retina
Ciliary ganglion
pretectal nuclei
cuneus
lingual gyrus
Calcarine sulcus
III
III
Meyer’s loop
Optic radiation or geniculocalcarine
tract
Upper field
Lower field
VISUAL FIELDS:
Hatched = binocular
Stippled = monocular
Central area = macula
ON
OC
OT
• Primary Visual Cortex (Area 17)
• Located on either side of & within the calcarine fissure.
• Upper fields project to the lingual gyrus.
• Lower fields project to the cuneus.
• Macular representation is most caudal in Area 17.
• Peripheral field representation is in the rostral 2/3rds of Area 17.
• Lesions of Area 17 result in blindness in the contralateral visual field.
• Association Visual Cortex (Areas 18 & 19)
• Input from Area 17 & elsewhere
• Deals with complex aspects of vision
• Lesions of result in visual agnosia.
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Lesions of the Visual Pathway1. Normal visual fields
2. Blindness of the right eye
3. Blindness of right eye + contralateral left upper quadrantanopia
4. Bitemporal heteronymous hemianopsia
5. Left homonymous hemianopsia
6. Left upper homonymous quadrantanopsia
7. Left homonymous hemianopsia with macular sparing
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Definitions
Strabismus
Diplopia
Amblyopia
Scotoma
Quadrantanopsia - # 3, 6
Hemianopsia - # 4, 5, 7
Heteronymous Defects - # 3, 4
Homonymous Defects - # 5, 6, 7
Congruous Defects - # 5, 6, 7
Incongruous Defects - # 3
Altitudinal Defects - # 6Masked area = area
of visual loss
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Aka “field cuts”
Fields, not retinal
quadrants
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Lesions of the Visual Pathway1. Normal visual fields
2. Blindness of the right eye
3. Blindness of right eye + contralateral left upper quadrantanopia
4. Bitemporal heteronymous hemianopsia
5. Left homonymous hemianopsia
6. Left upper homonymous quadrantanopsia
7. Left homonymous hemianopsia with macular sparing
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Right Left
Pupillary Constriction(Miosis)
Nolte 17-38
Afferent limb = Optic Nerve (SSA)
Efferent limb = Oculomotor Nerve (GVE)
Postganglionic
Preganglionic
Direct Reflex
Consensual Reflex
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AKA Pupillary Light Reflex
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Right Left
B
C
Right Left
Right Left
Nolte 17-38
Reflex abolished if afferent or efferent is damaged.Pg. 7
Afferent defect
Efferent defect
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Pupillary Dilation(Mydriasis)
Decreased light to pupil
Severe pain
Strong emotional stimulus
Reticular Formation
Reticulospinal fibers
Preganglionic Sympathetic Neurons in Thoracic Cord (T1-
T2)
(pre-ganglionic sympathetic)
Dilation of pupil
Superior Cervical Ganglion
(post-ganglionic sympathetic)
Cortex, Thalamus & Hippocampus
? Hypothalamus (CNS control center
for ANS)
?
Horner’s Syndrome• Pupillary Constriction• Ptosis• Flushed & Dry Skin
• Loss of Sympathetics• Lesion can be in CNS or PNS• Deficits ipsilateral to lesion
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Accommodation (or “Near”) Reflex1. Initiated by shift in gaze from far to near.
3. Efferent limb: GSE & GVE of Oculomotor
Optic nerve Optic tract Lateral Geniculate Nucleus Optic Radiation Primary Visual Cortex Association Visual Cortex Optic Radiation Br.
of Superior Colliculus Superior Colliculus Oculomotor Nuclei Oculomotor Nerve
Argyll Robertson pupil: Pupillary constriction occurs as part of the accommodation reflex, but not in response to light.
2. Three components:Ocular convergencePupillary constrictionLens thickening
4. Afferent limb & Central Connections:
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See Visual Pathway Practice Quiz
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