Retinal abnormalities in human albinism translate into a reduction of grey matter in the occipital cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2475-2480

  Von Dem Hagen, Elisabeth A H ^a   Houston, Gavin C ^a   Hoffmann, Michael B ^a,b   Jeffery, Glen ^c   Morland, Antony B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albinism; Foveal hypoplasia; Visual cortex; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBINISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GANGLION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALBINISM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPTIC CHIASM; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 28744453401     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04433.x     Document Type: Article

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