Oxygenation and gender effects on photopic frequency-doubled contrast sensitivity

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-288

  Connolly, Desmond M ^a,b   Hosking, Sarah L ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequency doubling; Gender; Hypoxia; Temporal contrast sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BREATHING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38549144890     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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