L and M cone relative numerosity and red-green opponency from fovea to midperiphery in the human retina

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 615-627

  Otake, Shiro ^a,b   Cicerone, Carol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mat sushita Electric Industrial Company Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR; COLOR VISION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA;

ADULT; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINA;

CELLS; GENES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HUMAN RETINAS;

COLOR VISION;

EID: 0034145621     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000615     Document Type: Article

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