The effect of background spatial contrast on electroretinographic responses in the human retina

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 922-930

  Bodis Wollner, Ivan ^a,b   Brannan, Julie R ^a,b   Storch, Rita L ^a,b   Hajee, Mohammedyusuf E ^a,b   Minko, Manuela ^a,b  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

First and second harmonic responses; Human pattern electroretinogram; Local luminance; Spatial contrast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA;

EID: 67349139881     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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