Age-related changes in the dynamics of human albino visual pathways

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1939-1949

  Neveu, Magella M ^a   Jeffery, Glen ^b   Burton, Linda C ^a   Sloper, John J ^a   Holder, Graham E ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albinism; Misrouting; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALBINISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLASH VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OPTIC CHIASM; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINOCORTICAL PATHWAY; SCALP; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALBINISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0242456082     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02929.x     Document Type: Article

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