Integration of local orientation in strabismic amblyopia

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 775-781

  Levi, Dennis M ^a   Sharma, Vineeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; ROTATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STRABISMUS;

EID: 0032031648     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00334-9     Document Type: Article

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