Foveal contrast processing of increment and decrement targets is equivalently reduced in glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1287-1292

  Sampson, G P ^a   Badcock, D R ^b   Walland, M J ^a   McKendrick, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREMENT STIMULUS; FOVEAL CONTRAST PROCESSING; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INCREMENT STIMULUS; LUMINANCE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA FOVEA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 51149101645     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.130880     Document Type: Article

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