Visual functions without the occipital lobe or after cerebral hemispherectomy in infancy

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2932-2944

  Werth, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral lesions; Children; Loss of cerebral hemisphere; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OXYGEN; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33751367169     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05171.x     Document Type: Article

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