The development of the refractive state in the newborn Thomson gazelle

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 190, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 831-835

  Ofri, R ^a   Millodot, S ^b   Tadmor, Y ^a   Matalon, E ^c   Kass, P H ^d   Horowitz, I H ^c   Millodot, M ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Hadassah College   (Israel)

^c Tel Aviv Ramat Gan Zoological Center   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial length; Emmetropia; Hyperopia; Thomson gazelle; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EYE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTION ERROR;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTELOPES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; MALE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 8744279156     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0538-z     Document Type: Article

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