The relation between the macular carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, and temporal vision

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-357

  Renzi, Lisa M ^a   Hammond Jr , Billy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CFF; lutein; macular pigment; temporal vision; zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; VISION DISORDERS; XANTHOPHYLLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953860666     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2010.00720.x     Document Type: Review

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