Optometry

Optometry

A health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information processing in humans. The practice of eye and vision care.

Industry: Eyewear; Health care

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The nucleus accumbens receives input from dopamine-secreting neurons that originate in the ventral tegmental area. This nucleus is thought to be the primary target of neurons involved in the brain's ...

Neurotransmitter binding

Health care; Optometry

Neurotransmitter binding occurs when the neurotransmitters, released from the vesicles, connect with the receptors of the dendrite and cause an action potential to occur.

Neurotransmitter

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A neurotransmitter is a substance such as dopamine or serotonin which will carry information (electrical impulses) across a synapse when stimulated by an electrical impulse.

Photoreceptors

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Photoreceptors are receptor cells of the retina; tranduces light energy into electrical potentials.

Transient ischemic attack

Health care; Optometry

A temporary blockage of the blood supply to the brain caused by a blood clot and usually lasting ten minutes or less, during which dizziness, blurring of vision, numbness on one side of the body, and ...