Psychophysical Function in Age-related Maculopathy

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-210

  Neelam, Kumari ^a,b,c   Nolan, John ^a   Chakravarthy, Usha ^d   Beatty, Stephen ^a,b  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

^b WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age related maculopathy; color vision; hyperacuity; perimetry; psychophysical tests; Spatial vision; temporal function; visual adaptation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; DISEASE COURSE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILLUMINATION; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; READING; RETINA CONE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINA ROD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PERIMETRY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 61949322996     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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