Flicker-photometric electro retinogram estimates of L: M cone photoreceptor ratio in men with photo pigment spectra derived from genetics

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

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 499-509

  Carroll, Joseph ^a   McMahon, Carrie ^a   Neitz, Maureen ^a   Neitz, Jay ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR VISION; ESTIMATION; GENES; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PHOTOMETRY; PIGMENTS; RNA;

PHOTOPIGMENTS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION DEFECT; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINA CONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 0034146364     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000499     Document Type: Article

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