Part 1 Normal: anterior segment - anatomy/embryology of aqueous inflow/outflow, Rohen/Lutjen-Drecoll, physiology and neurophysiology of aqueous humour inflow and outlow, Nilsson/Bill, biochemistry of aqueous humour inflow, Acott, posterior segment - anatomy/embryology of the optic nerve, extracellular matrix of the human optic nerve head, Hernandez. Part 2 Diagnostic techniques: anterior segment - tonometry and tonography, Higginbotham, fluorophometric measurement of aqueous flow, Brubaker, gonioscopy, Zalta; posterior segment - ophthalmoscopy, Higginbotham, photography - optic nerve, Schwarz, funduscopy and photography of retinal nerve fibre layer, Airaksinen, image analysis of the optic nerve head and retinal nerve fibre layer, Weinreb; visual function - perimetry, Heijl, contrast sensitivity, Bodis/Wollner, colour vision testing, Williams/Stamper, pattern electroretinoglraphy, Brodie, visually evoked cortical potentials, Stodtmeister/Pillunat. Part 3 Abnormalities and therapy in glaucoma: structure and appearance of the optic nerve head and retinal nerve fibre layer in glaucoma - radius - histopathology of the optic nerve head and retinal nerve fibre layer, extracellular matrix of the human optic nerve head in glaucoma, Hernandez/Neufeld, ophthalmoscopic and photoglraphic characteristics of the optic nerve fibre layer in glaucoma, Higginbotham, funduscopic and photographic characteristics of the retinal nerve fibre layer in glaucoma, Airaksinen, measurements of the optic nerve head and retinal nerve fibre layer in glaucoma, Caprioli/Weinreb; visual function in glaucoma - psychophysics in glaucoma - overview, Drance, visual field loss and perimetry in glaucoma, Heijl, contrast sensitivity in glaucoma, Bodis-Wollner; colour vision testing in glaucoma, Williams/Stamper; pattern electroretinography in glaucomna, Brodie, visually evoked cortical potentials in glaucoma, Stodtmeister/Pillunat; specific types of glaucoma - gonioscopy in glaucoma, Zalta, primary and secondary angle closure glaucoma, Skuta, primary open angle glaucoma, epidemiology, Wilensky, clinical presentation, Higginbotham, pathology, Rohen/Lutjen-Drecoll, pigmentary dispersion syndrome, Ritch/Liebeman, exfoliation syndrome, Ritch/Liebermann, other secondary glaucomas, Vanbuskirk, congenital glaucomas, Sakamoto/Hetherington; therapy of glaucoma - treatment of glaucoma by lowering IOP, Perkins, medical therapy, Kaufman/Mittag, laser trabeculoplasty, Wilensky, laser iridotomy and gonioplasty, Skuta, filtering surgery, Herschler/Smyth, antimetabolites in filtering surgery, Wright/Parrish, drainage valves, Krupin, new approaches to glaucoma filtration surgery, March, cyclodestructive procedures, Shields.
