Pupil responses derived from outer and inner retinal photoreception are normal in patients with hereditary optic neuropathy

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-166

  Kawasaki, Aki ^a,c   Collomb, Sylvie ^a,c   Léon, Lorette ^a,c   Münch, Mirjam ^b  

^a HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hereditary optic neuropathy; Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells; Melanopsin; Pupil; Pupil light reflex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOW VISION; NEUROIMAGING; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RED LIGHT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; INTRINSICALLY PHOTOSENSITIVE RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; MELANOPSIN; PUPIL; PUPIL LIGHT REFLEX;

ADULT; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY; PUPIL; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL INNER SEGMENT; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL OUTER SEGMENT; ROD OPSINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893936246     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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