Senescence of foveal and parafoveal cone sensitivities and their relations to macular pigment density

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

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1918-1932

  Werner, John S ^a   Bieber, Michelle L ^b   Schefrin, Brooke E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PIGMENTS;

MACULAR PIGMENT DENSITY;

VISION;

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CONES (RETINA); DIET; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0034324586     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.001918     Document Type: Article

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