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This monograph is part of the series of International Ophthalmology Clinics. It consists of 15 chapters which survey various topics and concepts in neuro-ophthalmology. It is written by 14 authors of varying clinical experience and background. In general, the material presented is taken from other textbooks and clinical papers. The best chapters compile and reorganize information in an interesting manner. The worst chapters reproduce the considerable misinformation that exists in other sources, without critical comment. The number of references at the end of each chapter varies. Some chapters are well researched and others refer back to very few articles and books. The first chapter consists of a discussion of organic vs functional ocular defects. This is followed by chapters on headache, ocular signs in cerebral disease, techniques in ophthalmodynamometry, cerebral ischemia, the pupil, chiasmal syndrome, symptoms and signs of primary oculomotor disease, unilateral exophthalmos, static perimetry, and pigmentary retinal