Aging does not affect the accuracy of vertical saccades nor the quality of their binocular coordination: A study of a special elderly group

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 622-638

  Yang, Qing ^a   Kapoula, Zoï ^a  

^a UMR 7152   (France)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Aging; Binocular coordination; Vertical saccades

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 39749171208     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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