Reliability and significance of measurements of a-wave latency in rats

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 419-425

  Fujiwara, Eriko ^a   Qiu, Hui ^b   Liu, Mu ^c   Lam, Byron L ^c   Parel, J M ^c   Inana, G ^c   Hamasaki, D I ^c  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Implicit time of a wave; Latency of a wave; Rats; Reliability

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILLUMINATION; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LUMINANCE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; RETINA NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036661821     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(02)00506-3     Document Type: Article

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