Functional magnetic resonance imaging of the cerebral response to visual stimulation in medically unexplained visual loss

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 583-589

  Werring, D J ^a,b   Weston, L ^a,b   Bullmore, E T ^a,b   Plant, G T ^a,b   Ron, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLAUSTRUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INSULA; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STANDARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINDNESS; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; BRAIN; CONVERSION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 2942546033     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291703008985     Document Type: Article

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