Duffy defends Optometry Council stance

Optometry.

Catter Matil, 2253 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-2253 Ph: (979)845-2142 • Fax: (979) 862-6842 [email protected] • nfs.tamu.edu Optometrists are concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of abnormalities associated with the visual system. Doctors of Optometry (O.D.) evaluate the refractive status of the eye, as well as the selection, design, provision, and adaptation of corrective mea...

History of optometry.

Rural optometry in Australia

Optometry in Australia has been a success story since its inception into Medicare in the 1970’s. Australians have benefited from the easy access to university-trained optometry graduates. Optometry is defined as the practice of examining eyes in order to determine levels of vision, the screening for eye disease and then prescribing and supplying any necessary corrective lenses and aids, often a...

PKC Defends Crown Against Munc13

Protein kinase C has long been thought to mediate DAG signaling at the synapse. Recently PKC has been supplanted by members of the Unc13 family as the predominant effectors of DAG signaling. Thanks to a study by Wierda and colleagues in this issue of Neuron, PKC returns to reclaim part of the kingdom: both pathways must be active to activate presynaptic potentiation.

Advancing Education in Optometry