Healio

Contrast sensitivity worse in Parkinson’s disease

Contrast sensitivity in patients with Parkinson’s disease was significantly worse across lighting conditions, pointing to the ...
Healio

Contrast sensitivity test eliminates potential bias due to optical aberrations

In part six of a series from the OSN Technology and Equipment Workshop featured at Hawaiian Eye 2010, Jack T. Holladay, MD, MSEE, FACS, presented a new contrast sensitivity testing device that offers ...
Medscape

Low-Contrast Visual Tests Reveal Better Alemtuzumab Efficacy

VIENNA, Austria — Compared with subcutaneous interferon β-1a (IFNB-1a; Rebif/EMD Serono/Pfizer), treatment with alemtuzumab (Lemtrada, Genzyme/Sanofi) improved visual outcomes in treatment-naive ...
Science Daily

Parkinson's disease patients have reduced visual contrast acuity

An iPad<sup>®</sup> application has been developed that can help physicians screen for Parkinson's Disease, report researchers. Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) often have difficulties with ...
Nature

Assessment of spatial–contrast function and short-wavelength sensitivity deficits in patients with migraine

To study spatial–contrast function and short-wavelength sensitivity deficits in a migraine population with a disease duration of 30 years or less. In this prospective, cross-sectional study, we ...