Visual phenotype in Williams-Beuren syndrome challenges magnocellular theories explaining human neurodevelopmental visual cortical disorders

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3720-3729

  Castelo Branco, Miguel ^a   Mendes, Mafalda ^a   Sebastião, Ana Raquel ^a,b   Reis, Aldina ^a   Soares, Mário ^a   Saraiva, Jorge ^c   Bernardes, Rui ^b   Flores, Raquel ^d   Pérez Jurado, Luis ^d,e   Silva, Eduardo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b ASSOCIATION FOR INNOVATION AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ON LIGHT AND IMAGE AIBILI   (Portugal)

^c Children's Hospital   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^f CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA INJURY; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTIC DISK; PHENOTYPE; VISION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL CORTEX; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 36849026198     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI32556     Document Type: Article

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