The physiological basis of visual hallucinations after damage to the primary visual cortex

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1177-1180

  De Haan, Edward H ^a,b,d   Nys, Gudrun M ^c   Van Zandvoort, Martine J ^a,b   Ramsey, Nick F ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Department of Experimental Psychology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Functional neuroimaging; Hallucination; Hemianopia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34250812616     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32820049d3     Document Type: Article

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