Changes in human short-wavelength-sensitive and achromatic resolution acuity with retinal eccentricity and meridian

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-86

  Beirne, Raymond O ^a   Zlatkova, Margarita B ^a   Anderson, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achromatic acuity; Small bistratified ganglion cell density; SWS acuity; Visual streak

Indexed keywords

ACHROMATIC RESOLUTION ACUITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CELL; PERIPHERAL VISION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SHORT WAVELENGTH SENSITIVE ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 18744402172     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523805221119     Document Type: Article

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