"Contrast Sensitivity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The ability to detect sharp boundaries (stimuli) and to detect slight changes in luminance at regions without distinct contours. Psychophysical measurements of this visual function are used to evaluate visual acuity and to detect eye disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D015350
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.380.850.950.500 F02.463.593.778.435.110 F02.463.593.932.281 F02.463.593.932.901.500 G14.940.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Contrast Sensitivity- Contrast Sensitivity
- Sensitivity, Contrast
- Visual Contrast Sensitivity
- Sensitivity, Visual Contrast
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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Contrast Sensitivity" by people in Profiles.
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Stimulus-dependent differences in cortical versus subcortical contributions to visual detection in mice. Curr Biol. 2024 05 06; 34(9):1940-1952.e5.
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Decoding chromaticity and luminance from patterns of EEG activity. Psychophysiology. 2021 04; 58(4):e13779.
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Mice Preferentially Use Increases in Cerebral Cortex Spiking to Detect Changes in Visual Stimuli. J Neurosci. 2020 10 07; 40(41):7902-7920.
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Different Inhibitory Interneuron Cell Classes Make Distinct Contributions to Visual Contrast Perception. eNeuro. 2019 Jan-Feb; 6(1).
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Neuronal population mechanisms of lightness perception. J Neurophysiol. 2018 11 01; 120(5):2296-2310.
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Illusory edges comingle with real edges in the neural representation of objects. Vision Res. 2018 03; 144:47-51.
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Monocular and binocular mechanisms mediating flicker adaptation. Vision Res. 2015 Dec; 117:41-8.
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Mouse primary visual cortex is used to detect both orientation and contrast changes. J Neurosci. 2013 Dec 11; 33(50):19416-22.
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Analysis of the visual system in Friedreich ataxia. J Neurol. 2013 Sep; 260(9):2362-9.
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Equivalent intrinsic noise, sampling efficiency, and contrast sensitivity in patients with retinitis pigmentosa. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 Jun 03; 54(6):3857-62.