The scotopic electroretinogram of macaque after retinal ganglion cell loss from experimental glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-141

  Frishman, Laura J ^a   Shen, F Fran ^a,b   Du, Lee ^a   Robson, John G ^c   Harwerth, Ronald S ^a   Smith III, Earl L ^a   Carter Dawson, Louvenia ^b   Crawford, M L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electroretinogram (ERG); experimental glaucoma; macaque ERG; retinal ganglion cells; scotopic threshold response (STR)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; MONKEY; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0030027515     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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