Adaptation of the central retina for high acuity vision: Cones, the fovea and the a vascular zone

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-81

  Provis, Jan M ^a,b   Dubis, Adam M ^c   Maddess, Ted ^b   Carroll, Joseph ^d  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiangiogenic factors; Area centralis; Axon guidance factors; Cone photoreceptors; Fovea centralis; Foveal avascular zone; Fresnel numbers; Stiles Crawford effects; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN;

ADAPTATION; CELL SHAPE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL VESSELS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84877123876     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: 18731635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2013.01.005     Document Type: Review

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