Acuity and contrast sensitivity of the bluegill sunfish and how they change during optic nerve regeneration

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-331

  Northmore, D P M ^a   Oh, D J ^b   Celenza, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity function; Fish vision; Fish visual acuity; Optic nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; LIGHT; LUMINANCE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PERCIFORMES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34548478763     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070307     Document Type: Article

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