Presbyopia Research

I. Molecular Biology of the Lens: New Approaches in Lens Development and Aging.- 1. Transcriptional Control of the ? Crystallin Gene Family.- 2. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Lens Growth Control during Development and Aging.- 3. Differentiation Patterns in Eye Lens Fibers.- 4. Lens Calcium and Cataract.- 5. Molecular Interactions of Crystallins in Relation to Optical Properties.- 6. Biophysical Analysis of Eye Lens Transparency.- 7. Nonenzymic Posttranslational Modification of Lens Proteins in Aging.- 8. Lenticular Senescence and the Retina.- II. Visuomotor Adaptation and Gaze Adaptation.- 9. Adaptations to Transformations of the Optic Array.- 10. Adaptation to Anamorphosing Lenses: Perceptive Responses and Visuomotor Coordination.- 11. Adaptive Control of Saccade Metrics.- 12. Short-Term and Long-Term Adaptative Changes in Eye—Head Movement Coordination Resulting from Reduced Peripheral Vision.- 13. The Disruptive Effects of Optical Aids on Retinal Image Stability during Head Movements.- 14. Neurophysiology of Vergence and Accommodation.- 15. Oculomotor Adaptation to Induced Vergence Demands.- 16. Adaptive Regulation of Accommodative Vergence Interactions.- IIIA. Mechanisms for Separating Superimposed Images.- 17. A Breakdown in Simultaneous Information Processing.- 18. Ambiguous Figures: A Paradigm for Separation of Superimposed Images.- 19. Complementary Cognitive and Motor Image Processing.- 20. The Psychoanatomy of Binocular Single Vision.- 21. The Role of Binocular Disparity Vergence Eye Movements in Disambiguating Superimposed Retinal Images.- 22. Disambiguation of Objects by Stereopsis and Motion Cues.- IIIB. Accommodation and Its Role in Separating Superimposed Images.- 23. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Presbyopic Eye.- 24. The Relationshipbetween Ciliary Muscle Contraction and Accommodative Response in the Presbyopic Eye.- 25. Discrimination of Blur in Normal and Amblyopic Eyes.- 26. Preclinical Presbyopic Development.- 27. Ocular Dominance, Accommodation, and the Interocular Suppression of Blur in Monovision.- Conclusions III A and III B.- Closing Address.- ClosingSpeech.