Marianne Boltz

Marianne Boltz, OD serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology with research concentrated in visual neuroscience. Her work bridges clinical ophthalmology and neural mechanisms of visual processing disorders.

Her primary research focuses on amblyopia and strabismus pathophysiology, utilizing visual evoked potential (VEP) methodologies to investigate neural deficits. Key investigations include motion processing abnormalities in children with cerebral visual impairment and quantification of neutral density filter effects on VEP responses in amblyopic subjects. This work employs swept-parameter testing paradigms to map visual pathway vulnerabilities.

Analysis of her publications reveals consistent emphasis on neuro-ophthalmological diagnostics, particularly VEP-based assessment of visual function in developmental disorders. Her 2014 study demonstrates filtration-induced response degradation patterns, while the 2012 research establishes motion processing deficits as biomarkers for periventricular white matter damage.