Functional magnetic resonance imaging as a tool for investigating amblyopia in the human visual cortex: A pilot study

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 300-308

  Algaze, Antonio ^a   Roberts, Cynthia ^a,b   Leguire, Lawrence ^a   Schmalbrock, Petra ^a   Rogers, Gary ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 270 Bevis Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MONOCULAR VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PILOT STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0036777577     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpa.2002.124902     Document Type: Article

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