Aging and dark adaptation

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3975-3982

  Jackson, Gregory R ^a   Owsley, Cynthia ^a   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Dark adaptation; Human; Rhodopsin; Rods; Scotopic sensitivity

Indexed keywords

RETINAL; RHODOPSIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DARK ADAPTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0032774084     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00092-9     Document Type: Article

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