The influence of ambient room lighting on the pattern electroretinogram (PERG)

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 281-289

  Bach, Michael ^a   Schumacher, Margret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient lighting; Background light; Evoked responses; Pattern ERG; PERG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATOR; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CONTRAST; DARKNESS; DATA BASE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0036866732     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021254427782     Document Type: Article

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