Progressive visual sensitivity loss in the Royal College of Surgeons rat: Perimetric study in the superior colliculus

Neuroscience

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-63

  Sauve Y ^a   Girman, S V ^b   Wang, S ^a   Lawrence, J M ^a   Lund, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Perimetry; Retinal degeneration; Superior colliculus; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIMETRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RATS; REACTION TIME; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035961175     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00557-1     Document Type: Article

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