Aging of the blue mechanism studied by measuring the increment threshold on flashed background

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-242

  Hirose, Hiroshi ^a   Terasaki, Hiroko ^a   Awaya, Shinobu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Blue cone mechanism; Increment threshold; Yellowing of the crystallin lens

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LENS; MYOPIA; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REFRACTION ERROR; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030980426     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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