A few remarks on assessing magnocellular sensitivity in Schizophrenic patients [1]

Brain

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Skottun, Bernt Christian ^a   Skoyles, John ^b,c  

^a Skottun Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; GIANT CELL; LETTER; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 35648939170     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm153     Document Type: Letter

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