Neuronal correlates of amblyopia in the visual cortex of macaque monkeys with experimental strabismus and anisometropia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 6411-6424

  Kiorpes, Lynne ^a   Kiper, Daniel C ^a,b   O'Keefe, Lawrence P ^a   Cavanaugh, James R ^a   Movshon, J Anthony ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Anisometropia; Macaque monkeys; Strabismus; Visual cortex; Visual development

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACACA; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032529717     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-16-06411.1998     Document Type: Article

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