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A static perimetric technique believed to test receptive field properties: Extension and verification of the analysis

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Quantitative perimetric studies of spatial interaction have been extended. These experiments, modeled after a technique described by Westheimer, are believed to reflect retinal receptive field properties.

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    Further studies of pertinent cases have tended to confirm the previously presented analysis.

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    The ‘short-term saturation or visual fatigue-like effect’, which was a concomitant finding in the original study, has been shown to be present in many added optic pathway lesions and has not been found in any retinal disease investigated.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology and the Oscar Johnson Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, 63110, St. Louis, Missouri

    Jay M. Enoch, Robert Berger & Robert Birns

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This research has been supported in part by Research Grants No. EY 00204 and EY 00233 and Career Development Award No. K3 EY 15138 (to J.E.) of the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

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Enoch, J.M., Berger, R. & Birns, R. A static perimetric technique believed to test receptive field properties: Extension and verification of the analysis. Doc Ophthalmol 29, 127–153 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02346235

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