Retinotopic organization and functional subdivisions of the human lateral geniculate nucleus: A high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 41, 2004, Pages 8975-8985

  Schneider, Keith A ^a   Richter, Marlene C ^a   Kastner, Sabine ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral geniculate nucleus; Luminance contrast; Magnification factor; Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Retinotopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 5644258272     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2413-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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