The perceptual consequences of interocular suppression in amblyopia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 9011-9017

  Maehara, Goro ^a,b   Thompson, Benjamin ^c   Mansouri, Behzad ^d   Farivar, Reza ^e   Hess, Robert F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEROCULAR MISMATCH; LUMINANCE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ADAPTATION; SINUSOIDAL GRATING; STRABISMUS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; BANDAGE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ILLUMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; BANDAGES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STRABISMUS; VISION, BINOCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856004297     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7748     Document Type: Article

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