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Two Visual Mechanisms of Photosensitivity

G. F. A. Harding, Fiona Fylan

Epilepsia · 1999 · 63 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

PPRs and OSs are generated independently by the parvocellular and magnocellular visual systems, respectively. The results add support to the hypothesis that only PPRs and not OSs are clinically significant.

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