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Optometry & Vision Science

The University of Auckland

Private Bag 92019

Auckland

New Zealand

Ph.D. University of Houston, USA

M.Sc. (Optom) University of Melbourne, Australia
B. Sc. (Optom) University of Melbourne, Australia

    Welcome to the Retinal Networks Laboratory at the University of Auckland. Our  primary goal in the RNL is to better understand the encoding and processing of visual information and changes which occur in ocular disease.  The laboratory attacks this goal in two ways.  The first is to explore and characterise the cellular morphology of the vertebrate retina and cortex, neurochemistry, metabolism and other characteristics related to synaptic transmission.  From this knowledge it is possible to derive the functional circuits involved in the processing of visual information, factors maintaining cellular function and the neurochemical changes of anomalous conditions.   The second approach uses psychophysical techniques to test models of visual function.  All these factors are important in understanding the encoding of visual information and subsequent transmission, retinal and cortical development, and also forms the foundations of understanding the anomalous or diseased visual systems. 

Publications

Robert G Leitl   Professor of Optometry