Deficient binocular combination reveals mechanisms of anisometropic amblyopia: Signal attenuation and interocular inhibition

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Huang, Chang Bing ^a   Zhou, Jiawei ^b   Lu, Zhong Lin ^a   Zhou, Yifeng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Computational modeling; Contrast gain; Low vision; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION, BINOCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052617199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.6.4     Document Type: Article

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