Functional Imaging of the Human Lateral Geniculate Nucleus and Pulvinar

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 438-448

  Kastner, Sabine ^a   O'Connor, Daniel H ^a   Fukui, Miki M ^a   Fehd, Hilda M ^a   Herwig, Uwe ^a   Pinsk, Mark A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; STRIATE CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FLICKER FUSION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PULVINAR; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0347717976     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00553.2003     Document Type: Article

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