Flicker assessment of rod and cone function in a model of retinal degeneration

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-172

  Rubin, Glen R ^a   Kraft, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

CFF; Cone; ERG; Flicker; RCS; Rod

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR POTENTIAL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FLICKER FUSION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 35748984105     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10633-007-9066-9     Document Type: Article

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