Romancing the chiasm: Vision, vocalization, and virtuosity

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-143

  Glaser, Joel S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICS; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VOCALIZATION; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 52049093524     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31817a7b5f     Document Type: Review

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