Myopia: The Importance of Seeing Fine Detail

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Schaeffel, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

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

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33645864636     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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