An alternative phototransduction model for human rod and cone ERG α-waves: Normal parameters and variation with age

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2609-2621

  Cideciyan, Artur V ^a,b   Jacobson, Samuel G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cGMP phototransduction cascade; Computational modeling; Electroretinogram (ERG) wave; Human rod and cone photoreceptors

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD;

EID: 0030220591     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00327-4     Document Type: Article

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