The effect of simulated lens yellowing and opacification on blue-on-yellow acuity and contrast sensitivity

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2432-2442

  Zlatkova, Margarita B ^a   Coulter, Esther E ^a   Anderson, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related lens changes; Resolution acuity; SWS cones

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL DENSITY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; SIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGING; CATARACT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33645990024     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.01.025     Document Type: Article

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