Assessment of neuroretinal function in a group of functional amblyopes with documented LGN deficits

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-149

  Brown, Brian ^a   Feigl, Beatrix ^a,b   Gole, Glen A ^c   Mullen, Kathy ^d   Hess, Robert F ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Fixation stability; Functional MRI; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Multifocal electroretinogram; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL FIELDS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873892674     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/opo.12024     Document Type: Article

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