Retinotopic maps and foveal suppression in the visual cortex of amblyopic adults

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 583, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-173

  Conner, Ian P ^a   Odom, J Vernon ^b   Schwartz, Terry L ^b   Mendola, Janine D ^a,b,c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; STRABISMUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ANISOMETROPIA; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN MAPPING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINOTOPIC MAP; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; STRABISMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34547852351     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.136242     Document Type: Article

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