Contraction anisocoria: Segregation, summation, and saturation in the pupillary pathway

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2365-2371

  Carle, Corinne F ^a   Maddess, Ted ^a   James, Andrew C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTRACTION ANISOCORIA; EDINGER WESTPHAL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPILLOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANISOCORIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUPIL; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79956035235     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6335     Document Type: Article

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