Cerebral blindness and plasticity of the visual system in children. A review of visual capacities in patients with occipital lesions, hemispherectomy or hydranencephaly

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 377-389

  Werth, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; HEMIANOPIA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; HYDRANENCEPHALY; LUMINANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; HYDRANENCEPHALY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 57149117608     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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