Response phase of the flicker electroretinogram (ERG) is influenced by cone excitation strength

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3247-3251

  Usui, Tomoaki ^a,b   Kremers, Jan ^a   Sharpe, Lindsay T ^a   Zrenner, Eberhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cone contrast; Dichromacy; Electroretinogram (ERG); Response phase; Trichromacy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EXCITATION; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MONITOR; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RETINA CONE; RETINA DISEASE;

COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC DISK; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0031717212     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00046-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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