The Importance and Role of Neuro-ophthalmology in Ophthalmological Clinical Practice

Abstract

Neuro-ophthalmology (NO) is a new diagnostic sub-specialty on the periphery between neurology and ophthalmology that encompasses the ophthalmological symptoms of internal diseases with neurological or neurosurgical complications. The visual pathways (between the retina and the visual cortex) and the oculomotor system (between the eye muscles and the cortical centers) have direct contact with almost the whole length of the central nervous system. Therefore, if we note any disorder in these functions, we can draw conclusions regarding the extent and the location of the damage with the help of neuro-ophthalmological assessment. Our empirical knowledge will probably inform us of the etiology of the disorder as well.