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lüll Preferred retinal loci and macular scotoma characteristics in patients with age-related macular degeneration Schuchard RACan J Ophthalmol 2005[Jun]; 40 (3): 303-12Many patients with macular scotomas due to age-related macular degeneration do not perceive black spots in the visual field where the scotomas are located. Rather, they describe objects as "vanishing," "jumping out of nowhere" or "having blurry parts," or a combination of features. In addition, when the macular scotoma affects the fovea, the visual system uses 1 or more preferred retinal loci (PRLs) as a "pseudofovea" to perform visual tasks. Visual function testing with the scanning laser ophthalmoscope has provided a wealth of information regarding how patients perceive the visual world and how the oculomotor system directs eye movements. This article describes 2 specific functions of the oculomotor system, fixation stability and refixation precision, with data collected from normally sighted people and patients with visual field loss. The implications of the characteristics of PRLs and macular scotomas for clinical testing are discussed.|Eye Movements/physiology[MESH]|Fixation, Ocular/physiology[MESH]|Fovea Centralis/*pathology[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Macular Degeneration/*complications/pathology/physiopathology[MESH]|Scotoma/*etiology/pathology/physiopathology[MESH]|Severity of Illness Index[MESH]|Visual Fields[MESH] |