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Encyclopedia of the Eye

  • 2nd Edition - May 26, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Patricia D’Amore
  • Language: English

Encyclopedia of the Eye, Second Edition, Four Volume Set is an important resource for all visual scientists, ophthalmologists, and optometrists, as well as researchers in immunolog… Read more

Description

Encyclopedia of the Eye, Second Edition, Four Volume Set is an important resource for all visual scientists, ophthalmologists, and optometrists, as well as researchers in immunology, infectious disease, cell biology, neurobiology, and related disciplines. This four-volume reference is unique in its coverage of information on all tissues important for vision, including the retina, cornea, and lens. The book also covers the physiological and pathophysiologic processes that affect all eye tissues. Each chapter addresses one specific structure or process, reviews basic concepts, cross-references other chapters within the Encyclopedia, and provides citations of relevant primary publications.

It is an invaluable resource for undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, medical students, and residents seeking an introduction to an area of eye research. It will be particularly useful for visual scientists and practitioners who are investigating a new area, seeking deeper understanding of important research articles in fields adjacent to their own, and/or reviewing a grant or manuscript outside their immediate area of expertise.

Key features

  • Presents comprehensive information for each structure, including biology, physiology, pathology, and therapeutics
  • Written by leading experts, providing an introduction into the major features of the eye along with current research
  • Includes an MRW Template, ensuring uniform content throughout

Readership

Undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, medical students, neuroscience students, residents, clinical research fellows, general physicians, ophthalmologists, optometrists, and neuroscientists

Table of contents

The list below is not mean to be comprehensive as Section Editors will have input into the selection of chapters and authors.


1. Cornea
• Corneal structure
• Corneal pathology
• Corneal imaging
• Recent advanceso Tissue engineering


2. Retina/choroid
• Retinal/choroidal development
• Retinal/choroidal structure including vasculature
• Retinal/choroidal barriers
• Retinal/choroidal physiology/metabolism including visual processing
• Retinal/choroidal pathology
• Retinal imaging
•Recent advances
• Gene therapy
• iPSC-derived models
• Tissue engineeringo Cell transplantation


3. Lens
• Lens structure
• Lens physiology
• Lens pathology


4. Optic nerve
• Structure
• Pathology including glaucoma
• Regeneration


5. Aqueous humor and vitreous
• Structure/composition
• Production


6. Orbit
• Eyelids
• Meibomian glands
• Extraocular muscles


7. Immune Homeostasis of the eye


8. Visual optics

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 26, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Patricia D’Amore

Dr. D’Amore earned her PhD in Biology from Boston University, was a postdoctoral fellow in Biological Chemistry and Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins Medical School, then moved to Boston Children’s Hospital as Assistant Professor where she remains Research Associate in Surgery. In 1998, she became Charles L. Schepens Professor of Ophthalmology and Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Scientist at Mass. Eye and Ear. She is the Associate Chief of Basic and Translational Research for Ophthalmology at Mass. Eye and Ear and the Vice Chair of Basic and Translational Research for the Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. D’Amore is an international expert in vascular growth and development and has been at the forefront of angiogenesis research for over three decades. She has published more than 170 peer-reviewed papers, 75 reviews, and edited or co-edited two books.
Affiliations and expertise
Charles L. Schepens Professor of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA ,USA

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