Contrast discrimination deficits in retinitis pigmentosa are greater for stimuli that favor the magnocellular pathway

Vision Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 671-683

  Alexander, Kenneth R ^a   Pokorny, Joel ^b   Smith, Vivianne C ^b   Fishman, Gerald A ^a   Barnes, Claire S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity; Contrast; Discrimination; Retinitis pigmentosa (RP); Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0035114601     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00286-8     Document Type: Article

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