The relation between resolution measurements and numbers of retinal ganglion cells in the same human subjects

Vision Research

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2331-2338

  Popovic, Zoran ^a   Sjöstrand, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acuity; Nyquist limit; Psychophysics; Resolution perimetry; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; DWARFISM; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CELL SEPARATION; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 19944374521     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2005.02.013     Document Type: Article

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