Visual responses of the human superior colliculus: A high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2491-2503

  Schneider, Keith A ^a,b   Kastner, Sabine ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 24944486279     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00288.2005     Document Type: Article

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