M-cell deficit and reading disability: A preliminary study of the effects of temporal vision-processing therapy

Optometry

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 640-650

  Solan, Harold A ^a   Shelley Tremblay, John ^b   Hansen, Peter C ^c   Silverman, Michael E ^d   Larson, Steven ^a   Ficarra, Anthony ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; fMRI; Learning; M cell; Magnocellular; Reading comprehension; School; Temporal visual processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHERENT MOTION THRESHOLD TEST; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; GATES MACGINITIE READING TEST; GIANT CELL; GRAY ORAL READING TEST; HUMAN; READING; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL VISION PROCESSING THERAPY; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION THERAPY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OPTOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTOMETRY; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; READING; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 16544394985     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-1839(04)70211-0     Document Type: Article

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