Visual field defects in albino ferrets (Mustela putorius furo)

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 793-800

  Garipis, N ^a   Hoffmann, K P ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albinism; Mammals; Perimetry; Visual orientation; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; NONHUMAN; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037337231     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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