Age-related changes of vergence under natural viewing conditions

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 163-172

  Rambold, Holger ^a   Neumann, Gunnar ^a   Sander, Thurid ^a   Helmchen, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Eye movements; Vergence

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCLERA; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; STEADY STATE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 27744490809     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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