Effect of age on pupillary light reflex: Evaluation of pupil mobility for clinical practice and research

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-22

  Fotiou, D F ^a,c   Brozou, C G ^a   Tsiptsios, D J ^a   Fotiou, A ^a   Kabitsi, A ^b   Nakou, M ^a   Giantselidis, Ch ^a   Goula, A ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b San Louis University   (United States)

^c AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Age; Light reflex; Noradrenaline; Pupillometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DARK ADAPTATION; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PUPIL; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, PUPILLARY;

EID: 33847750282     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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