Functional MRI of amblyopia before and after levodopa

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-52

  Yang, Chao I ^a   Yang, Meng Ling ^a   Huang, Ju Chuan ^a,b   Wan, Yung Liang ^a,b   Tsai, Ray Jui Fang ^a   Wai, Yau Yau ^a,b   Liu, Ho Ling ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; fMRI; Levodopa; MRI; Vision

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA; LEVODOPA;

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0037435384     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01465-9     Document Type: Article

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