Restoration of underdeveloped cortical functions: Evidence from treatment of adult amblyopia

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 413-424

  Polat, Uri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Contrast sensitivity; Lateral interactions; Neuroplasticity; Perceptual learning; Plasticity; Treatment of amblyopia

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ASTIGMATISM; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGE FACTORS; AMBLYOPIA; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 57149118838     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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