Psychophysical evidence for losses in rod sensitivity in the aging visual system

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 475-481

  Sturr, Joseph F ^a,c   Zhang, Lan ^a   Taub, Harvey A ^b   Hannon, Daniel J ^a   Jackowski, Mary M ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNY Ear Nose and Throat Dept   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Human; Neural factors; Scotopic sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LENS; MALE; MIOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; SENESCENCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RODS (RETINA); SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031053820     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00196-4     Document Type: Article

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