Early impairment of foveal magno- and parvocellular pathways in juxta chiasmal tumours

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1401-1408

  Gutowski, N J ^a,b   Heron, J R ^a   Scase, M O ^c  

^a N Staffordshire Roy Infirm P ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiasm dysfunction; Fovea; Magnocellular; Parvocellular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT; LUMINANCE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA FOVEA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC CHIASM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030908757     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00306-9     Document Type: Article

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