Not Seeing and Seeing Things: Dementia, Visual Function, and Psychiatric Symptoms

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine (Neurology) (JJSB), Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurology (DSG), Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.

Jason J S Barton et al. J Neuroophthalmol. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 1;45(2):129-130.

doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000002345.

¹ Department of Medicine (Neurology) (JJSB), Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurology (DSG), Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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