Induced visual sensitivity changes in chronic hemianopia

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 661-666

  Sahraie, Arash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindsight; Hemianopia; Rehabilitation; Residual vision; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PERIMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36048978342     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3282f1c70f     Document Type: Review

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