The role of S-cones in human vision

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-11

  Gouras, Peter ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B WAVE; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR; COLOR BLINDNESS; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST; CORNEA; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ENERGY; GENICULATE BODY; HUMAN; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MONKEY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRITANOPIA;

CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; VISION;

EID: 0037235656     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022415522559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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