Activation of the remaining hemisphere following stimulation, of the blind hemifield in hemispherectomized subjects

NeuroImage

Volumn 10, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 339-346

  Bittar, R G ^a,b   Ptito, M ^a,c   Faubert, J ^c   Dumoulin, S O ^a   Ptito, A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0032828215     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.1999.0474     Document Type: Article

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