Interhemispheric neural summation in the absence of the corpus callosum

Brain

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1795-1807

  Corballis, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Callosal agenesis; Commissurotomy; Corpus callosum; Interhemispheric transfer; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SPLIT BRAIN; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0031706607     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.9.1795     Document Type: Article

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