Macular pigment and the colour-specificity of visual evoked potentials

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3241-3245

  Moreland, J D ^a   Robson, A G ^b   Soto Leon, N ^b   Kulikowski, J J ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color VEPs; Macular pigmentation; S cone stimulation; Tritanopic confusion line

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; COLOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; DENSITOMETRY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 0031697463     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00013-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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