OMR-arena: Automated measurement and stimulation system to determine mouse visual thresholds based on optomotor responses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Kretschmer, Friedrich ^a   Kretschmer, Viola ^b   Kunze, Vincent P ^b   Kretzberg, Jutta ^b  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOFTWARE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84894190846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078058     Document Type: Article

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