Measurement of macular pigment optical density and distribution using the steady-state visual evoked potential

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 575-583

  Robson, Anthony G ^a,b   Parry, Neil R A ^c,d  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotenoid(s); Color vision; Flicker photometry; Macular pigment; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; STEADY STATE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CAROTENOIDS; COLOR VISION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51049085824     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523808080681     Document Type: Article

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