It is obvious that while blindness results from bilateral section of the optic nerves, the complex function of vision does not reside in these tracts to the exclusion of all other parts of the nervous system. What can be stated confidently, however, is that the circuitry which is the indispensable anatomical basis of vision does run in these tracts. Similarly, the occurrence of unconsciousness subsequent to a local lesion in the brain does not prove that consciousness resides in that area to the exclusion of any other area, but only that the integrity of the damaged region is essential to consciousness. An analysis of the anatomy of lesions which produce short, prolonged or permanent loss of consciousness is helpful in deciding which areas are reversibly and paroxysmally inactivated in petit mal epilepsy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115315 |
| Date | January 1963 |
| Creators | Weir, Bryce. K. |
| Contributors | Jasper, H. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Health Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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