Visual Behavior
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Because repairing visual dysfunction is the primary goal of therapy for retinal disease, a quantification of visual function
is imperative for the evaluation of potential treatments for these diseases. The Visual Water Task and the Virtual Optokinetic
System have been developed to conduct behavioral tests of vision in rodent models of retinal disease. These tests are less
invasive and often more sensitive than physiological or anatomical measures of retinal function. Moreover, discrepancies between
different measures of retinal function suggest that central and retinal adaptations may complicate the disease process.