Glucose availability and the electrophysiology of the human visual system

Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 336-340

  Lopez, Luisa ^b   Sannita, Walter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Flash electroretinogram (ERG); Glucose oxidative metabolism; K regulated potassium channels; Retinal oscillatory potentials (OPs); Visual evoked responses (VEP)

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SULFONYLUREA;

DRUG BINDING SITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030700299     PISSN: 10656766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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