A multiple-frequency, multiple-region pattern electroretinogram investigation of non-linear retinal signals

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Maddess, T ^a   Bedford, S ^a   James, A C ^a   Rose, K A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Magnocellular; Multi region; Non linear; Pattern electroretinogram; Rectifying; Sandwich model; Spatial frequency doubled illusion; Sum of sinusoids; Y cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA Y CELL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030740752     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1997.tb01770.x     Document Type: Article

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