Accommodation and pupilloconstriction areas in the cat midbrain

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-48

  Konno, Shinsuke ^a   Ohtsuka, Kenji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Mesencephalic reticular formation; Pretectum; Pupilloconstriction; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; MESENCEPHALON; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; OPTIC TRACT; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CATS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFRARED RAYS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MESENCEPHALON; MICROELECTRODES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PUPIL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030908280     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(96)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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