Spatial resolution, contrast sensitivity, and sensitivity to defocus of chicken retinal ganglion cells in vitro

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 467-476

  Diedrich, Erich ^a   Schaeffel, Frank ^a  

^a Institute for Ophthalmic Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defocus; Emmetropization; Microelectrode ray (MEA); Myopia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFOCUS SENSITIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPATIAL ADAPTATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FIXATION, OCULAR; MYOPIA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77951112555     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523809990253     Document Type: Article

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