Ganglion cell loss and dysfunction: Relationship to perimetric sensitivity

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1036-1042

  Drasdo, Neville ^a   Mortlock, Katharine E ^a   North, Rachel V ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Pattern electroretinogram; Perimetry; Receptive fields; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

GLAUCOMA; PATTERN ELECTRORETINOGRAM; PERIMETRY; RECEPTIVE FIELDS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; VISION;

PROSTHETICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EYE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL LESION; ONSET AGE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL THRESHOLD; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DEATH; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGING; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERIMETRY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 59249100547     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31818b94af     Document Type: Article

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