Peripheral resolution using stationary and flickering gratings: The effects of age

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1209-1214

  Anderson, Roger S ^a   McDowell, D Rodney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Magnocellular pathway; Peripheral resolution; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030722416     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.12.1209.5030     Document Type: Article

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