BOLD response to spatial phase congruency in human brain

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Perna, Andrea ^a   Tosetti, Michela ^b   Montanaro, Domenico ^c   Morrone, Maria Concetta ^b,d  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast gain; Functional imaging; Receptive fields; Shape and contour; Spatial vision; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 58149481945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.10.15     Document Type: Article

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