Factors limiting contrast sensitivity in experimentally amblyopic macaque monkeys

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 25, 1999, Pages 4152-4160

  Kiorpes, Lynne ^a   Tang, Chao ^a   Movshon, J Anthony ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Contrast sensitivity; Intrinsic noise; Monkey

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS;

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMALS; ANISOMETROPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MACACA NEMESTRINA; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STRABISMUS;

EID: 0032884585     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00130-3     Document Type: Article

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