Diffuse luminance flicker increases retinal vessel diameter in humans

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1252-1257

  Formaz, F ^a   Riva, C E ^a,b   Geiser, M ^a,c  

^a Institut de Recherche en Ophtalmologie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Ecole d'Ingenieurs du Valais   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flicker; Neuronal activity; Retinal blood flow; Retinal diameter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 0030690482     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.12.1252.5021     Document Type: Article

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