Fixational saccadic eye movements are altered in anisometropic amblyopia

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 445-462

  Shi, Xue Feng F ^a,b   Xu, Li Min ^a   Li, Yao ^a   Wang, Ting ^a   Zhao, Kan Xing ^a,b   Sabel, Bernhard A ^c  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN EYE HOSPITAL   (China)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

amplitude; Anisometropic amblyopia; excitation inhibition balance; fixational eye movements; inter saccadic interval; microsaccade

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIC AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FIXATIONAL SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872223666     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2012-129000     Document Type: Article

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