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Pattern reversal visually evoked cortical potentials were recorded from 70 normal volunteers, aged from 4 to 70 years. Eleven reversal frequencies between 1 and 20 rev/sec were presented. The progressive reduction in the amplitude of the P100 component with age for lower frequency ranges was shown up to the age decade of 30–39 years and the temporal tuning curve became a constant pattern after 40 years. However, there was a trend that the maxima of the tuning curve shifted toward lower frequencies with age after 30 years.
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Adachi-Usami, E., Hosoda, L. & Toyonaga, N. Effects of aging on the temporal frequency characteristics determined by pattern visually evoked cortical potentials. Doc Ophthalmol 69, 139–144 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153694
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