Retinal ganglion cell dysfunction in humans following post-geniculate lesions: Specific spatio-temporal losses revealed by pattern ERG

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1739-1748

  Porrello, Giovanni ^a   Falsini, Benedetto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

PERG; Retinal ganglion cell; Spario temporal losses; Trans synaptic degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033017703     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00272-7     Document Type: Article

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