Contrast sensitivity of cats and humans in scotopic and mesopic conditions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 831-840

  Kang, Incheol ^a,b   Reem, Rachel E ^a,c   Kaczmarowski, Amy L ^a,d   Malpeli, Joseph G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CATS; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; LINEAR MODELS; NIGHT VISION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PUPIL; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149156155     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90641.2008     Document Type: Article

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