What is the function of the cone-rich rim of the retina?

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 548-552

  Mollon, J D ^a   Regan, B C ^a   Bowmaker, J K ^b  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour constancy; Cone; Cone streak; Flicker; Optic flow; Ora serrata; Peripheral; Retina

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; LOCOMOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; SCLERA; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0031850939     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.144     Document Type: Article

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