Visual fMRI responses in human superior colliculus show a temporal-nasal asymmetry that is absent in lateral geniculate and visual cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1495-1502

  Sylvester, Richard ^a,b   Josephs, Oliver ^a   Driver, Jon ^a,b   Rees, Geraint ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33846929591     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00835.2006     Document Type: Article

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