Ocular dominance columns: Enigmas and challenges

Neuroscientist

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-77

  Adams, Daniel L ^a   Horton, Jonathan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Color vision; Cytochrome oxidase; Form; Functional architecture; Patches; Retinotopic; Stereopsis; Striate cortex; V1, visual cortex; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; EYE DOMINANCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW; STRIATE CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; HUMANS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 59149104921     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858408327806     Document Type: Review

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