Vision restoration therapy does not benefit from costimulation: A pilot study

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 569-584

  Kasten, Erich ^a   Bunzenthal, Ulrike ^a   Müller Oehring, Eva M ^b   Mueller, Iris ^a   Sabel, Bernhard A ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIMETRY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TRAINING; VISION; VISION RESTORATION THERAPY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34547906485     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390600878919     Document Type: Article

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