Rod photoresponses in 6-week and 4-month-old human infants

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 627-635

  Nusinowitz, S ^a   Birch, D G ^b   Birch, E E ^b  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroretinography; Infants; Photoresponses; Rods

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT;

EID: 0032030849     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00286-1     Document Type: Article

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