Properties of the regained visual field after visual detection training of hemianopsia patients

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 365-375

  Bergsma, D P ^a,b   Van Der Wildt, G J ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral blindness; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Visual quality; Visual training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 57149092307     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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