What Image Properties Regulate Eye Growth?

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 687-691

  Hess, Robert F ^a   Schmid, Katrina L ^b   Dumoulin, Serge O ^c   Field, David J ^d   Brinkworth, Darren R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EYE; EYE FIXATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MYOPIA; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EYE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645855561     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.065     Document Type: Article

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