An electrophysiological metric of activity within the ON- and OFF-pathways in humans

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 669-674

  Roveri, Luisa ^a,b,c   Demarco Jr , Paul J ^a,b   Celesia, Gastone G ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; OFF pathway; ON pathway; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RETINA; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031044080     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00212-X     Document Type: Article

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