The spatial arrangement of the L and M cones in the central fovea of the living human eye

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2575-2589

  Gowdy, Peter D ^a   Cicerone, Carol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone; Fovea; Hyperacuity; Photoreceptor; Topography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CONES (RETINA); FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031948059     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00416-1     Document Type: Article

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