Contrast sensitivity deficits in inferred magnocellular and parvocellular pathways in retinitis pigmentosa

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4510-4519

  Alexander, Kenneth R ^a   Barnes, Claire S ^a,c   Fishman, Gerald A ^a   Pokorny, Joel ^b   Smith, Vivianne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Atlanta VA Rehab R and D Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; PARVOCELLULAR PATHWAY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 9444242132     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0188     Document Type: Article

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