Rod-cone interactions and the temporal impulse response of the cone pathway

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 2593-2598

  Zele, Andrew J ^a   Cao, Dingcai ^b   Pokorny, Joel ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Impulse response; Mesopic; Rod cone interaction; Temporal contrast sensitivity; Two pulse discrimination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; ROD-CONE INTERACTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 55149086562     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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