The role of the macular pigment in the detection of polarized light Article

Bone, RA. (1980). The role of the macular pigment in the detection of polarized light . VISION RESEARCH, 20(3), 213-220. 10.1016/0042-6989(80)90105-4

cited authors

  • Bone, RA

authors

abstract

  • A direct comparison technique for measuring the dichroism responsible for the Haidinger brush effect is described, together with a subsidiary method for assessing the birefringence of the cornea. It is shown that when this birefringence is taken into account, the results are consistent with the theory of a symmetrical arrangement of a fraction of the macular pigment molecules. Tests on a number of subjects indicated that they all possessed similar areal densities of such symmetrically arranged molecules. © 1980.

publication date

  • January 1, 1980

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start page

  • 213

end page

  • 220

volume

  • 20

issue

  • 3