The multifocal pattern electroretinogram (mfPERG) and cone-isolating stimuli

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 805-816

  Langrová, Hana ^a,b   Jägle, Herbert ^b   Zrenner, Eberhart ^b   Kurtenbach, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone ratio; Dichromacy; ERG; Multifocal; PERG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 37549054032     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070733     Document Type: Article

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