Modulatory influence of stimulus parameters on optokinetic head-tracking response

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 479, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-96

  Thomas, Biju B ^a   Shi, Dallas ^a   Khine, Kay ^a   Kim, Leo A ^a,b   Sadda, Srinivas R ^a,b  

^a DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Optokinetic testing; Rd10 mice; Retinal degeneration; S334ter line 3 rat; Visual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GRATING; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC HEAD TRACKING RESPONSE; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; HEAD; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MUTATION; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC RAT;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HEAD; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTION PERCEPTION; MUTATION; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RHODOPSIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

RHODOPSIN;

EID: 77953916411     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.05.031     Document Type: Article

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