Effects of ageing on postreceptoral short-wavelength gain control: Transient tritanopia increases with age

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1641-1648

  Werner, A ^a   Bayer, A ^b   Schwarz, G ^b   Zrenner, E ^a   Paulus, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b University of Göttingen ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Ageing; Colour vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR BLINDNESS; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 77955086692     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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