Magno-and parvocellular visual cortex activation in anisometropic amblyopia, as studied with functional magnetic resonance imaging

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 187-193

  Miki, Atsushi ^a,b   Siegfried, John B ^a   Liu, Chia Shang J ^a   Modestino, Edward J ^a   Liu, Grant T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Magnocellular pathway; Parvocellular pathway; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; MALE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 51049102985     PISSN: 01658107     EISSN: 1744506X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01658100802266974     Document Type: Article

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