Assessing rod, cone, and melanopsin contributions to human pupil flicker responses

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 719-727

  Barrionuevo, Pablo A ^a   Nicandro, Nathaniel ^a   McAnany, J Jason ^a   Zele, Andrew J ^b   Gamlin, Paul ^c   Cao, Dingcai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Flicker; Melanopsin; Pupil light reflex; Silent substitution

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CORNEA REFLEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATION; HUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

FLICKER; MELANOPSIN; PUPIL LIGHT REFLEX; SILENT-SUBSTITUTION;

ADULT; COLOR VISION; HUMANS; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; ROD OPSINS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893313560     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13252     Document Type: Article

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