Dr Vivek Lal MD (Medicine), DM (Neurology), FIAN, FRCP (Edin) studied medicine and did his training in Neurology at the prestigious Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, India. He is currently Professor and Head of the department of Neurology at PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. He also served as Dean of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Punjab, India. He is a member of editorial team of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology and Indian edition of European journal of Neurology. He is a fellow of Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), Edinburgh and Fellow Indian academy of Neurology (FIAN). He is also the chairman of Neuro-Ophthalmology subsection of the Indian Academy of Neurology.

His major areas of interest are Neuro-Ophthalmology, Neuroimmunology and Headache. He has been instrumental in introducing the concept of systematic Neuro-Ophthalmology in India. He runs a Neuro-Ophthalmology sub-specialty clinic catering to the patients from all over India.

Table of Contents

PART A- BASICS OF NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY

1. Clinical Examination in Neuro-Ophthalmology

2. Visual Fields in Neuro-ophthalmology

3a. OCT and FFA in Neuro-ophthalmology

3b. Visual Evoked Potential in neuro-ophthalmology

PART B- NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY: THE AFFERENT PATHWAY

4. Approach to Visual Loss

5. Optic Neuropathies associated with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders (NMOSD)

6. Papilledema: Diagnosis and Management

7. Optic Neuropathies Associated with Radiation and Systemic Inflammatory Disorders

8. Infectious optic neuropathies

9.Ischemic Optic Neuropathies

10. Infiltrative Optic Neuropathies

11. Nutritional Optic Neuropathy

12. Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

13. Non-Organic Vision Loss

PART C: NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY: THE EFFERENT PATHWAY

14. An Approach To Pupillary Disorders - Physiology And Pathology

15. Ophthalmoplegia- Diagnosis and Management
15a. Ocular Motor Cranial Neuropathies

15b. Neuromuscular Junction Syndromes and Ocular Myopathies

15c. Orbital Inflammatory Syndromes

15d. Congenital Cranial Dysinnervation Disorder

16. Infection-associated Ocular Cranial Nerve Palsies

PART D: HIGHER VISUAL PATHWAYS
17. An Approach to patient with Gaze Disorder

18. A Clinical Approach to Abnormal Eye Movements

19. Special Considerations in Gaze
19a. Physiology and Disorders of Saccade Velocity

19b. Disorders of Gaze Holding

20. Cortical Visual Loss

PART E: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY
21a. An Approach To Visual Loss In A Child

21b. An Approach to Oculomotor Anomalies in a Child

22. Radiological interpretation in Neuroophthalmology

23. Neuro-ophthalmological findings in Patients with Posterior Circulation Stroke

24. Toxins in Neuro-Ophthalmology

25. Neuropathology of Neuro-Ophthalmic Disorders