Alcohol does not affect visual contrast gain mechanisms

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 675-680

  Pearson, Pauline ^a,b,c   Timney, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Alcohol; Contrast discrimination; Contrast gain

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0033166464     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899164071     Document Type: Article

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