The fovea regulates symmetrical development of the visual cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 506, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 791-800

  Neveu, Magella M ^a   Von Dem Hagen, Elisabeth ^b   Morland, Antony B ^b,c   Jeffery, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albinism; Aniridia; Calcarine fissure; Fovea; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBINISM; ANIRIDIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA FOVEA; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; ALBINISM, OCULAR; ANIRIDIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 38549140165     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21574     Document Type: Article

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