A disorder of colour perception associated with abnormal colour after-images: A defect of the primary visual cortex

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 515-517

  Chan, D ^a,b   Crutch, S J ^a,b   Warrington, E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Colour vision; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COLOR VISION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

AFTERIMAGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; CELL SURVIVAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034801854     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.71.4.515     Document Type: Article

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