Cortical Blindness Definition in Medical Conditions Dictionary

Cortical Blindness:

Total loss of vision in all or part of the visual field due to bilateral OCCIPITAL LOBE (i.e., VISUAL CORTEX) damage or dysfunction. Anton syndrome is characterized by the psychic denial of true, organic cortical blindness. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p460)

Terms Related to Cortical Blindness

Cortical Vigilance
Cortical vigilance or readiness of tone, presumed to be in response to sensory stimulation via the reticular activating system.
Adrenal Cortical Adenoma
A benign neoplasm of adrenal cortical cells resembling normal adrenal cells histologically but possessing functional autonomy. In general it does not exceed 5 cm in ...
Transient Monocular Blindness
Transient complete or partial monocular blindness due to retinal ischemia. This may be caused by EMBOLI from the CAROTID ARTERY (usually in association with CAROTID ...
CADASIL
Loss of higher cortical functions with retained awareness due to multiple cortical or subcortical CEREBRAL INFARCTION. Memory, judgement, attention span, and impulse control are often ...

» Additional tags: this condition is characterized by blindness in one-half of the visual field, condition is characterized by blindness in one-half of the visual field, condition of blindness in half the field of vision or sight.

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Cortical Blindness Definition

Terms Related to Cortical Blindness

Cortical Vigilance

Adrenal Cortical Adenoma

Transient Monocular Blindness

CADASIL

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