Evidence that a-wave latency of the electroretinogram is determined solely by photoreceptors

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 426-432

  Qiu, Hui ^a   Fujiwara, Eriko ^b   Liu, Mu ^c   Lam, Byron L ^c   Hamasaki, D I ^c  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 amino 4 phosphonobutyric acid; A Wave latency; Electroretinograms; Rat; Sodium iodate

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; SODIUM IODATE;

A WAVE; AGE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; LASER COAGULATION; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LUMINANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA INJURY; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA ROD;

AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IODATES; NEURONS; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0036661736     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(02)00505-1     Document Type: Article

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