The a-wave of the human electroretinogram recorded with a minimally invasive technique

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2943-2952

  Smith, N P ^a,b   Lamb, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

a wave; Electroretinogram; Flash stimulus; Photoreceptors; Phototransduction

Indexed keywords

XENON;

A WAVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORNEA; ELECTRODE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; TECHNIQUE; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0030817747     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00094-1     Document Type: Article

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