Assessment of contrast gain signature in inferred magnocellular and parvocellular pathways in patients with glaucoma

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 2633-2641

  Sun, Hao ^a   Swanson, William H ^b   Arvidson, Brian ^c   Dul, Mitchell W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pacific University   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast gain; Contrast threshold; Glaucoma; Magnocellular; Parvocellular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 55149086789     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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