Effects of fixation instability on multifocal VEP (mfVEP) responses in amblyopes

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Bin ^a   Stevenson, Scott S ^a   Cheng, Han ^a   Laron, Michal ^a   Kumar, Girish ^a   Tong, Jianliang ^a   Chino, Yuzo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopes; dPi eye tracker; mfERG; mfVEP; Nystagmus simulator

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AMBLYOPIA; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 40949136862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.3.16     Document Type: Article

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