Deficient responses from the lateral geniculate nucleus in humans with amblyopia

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1064-1070

  Hess, Robert F ^a   Thompson, Benjamin ^a   Gole, Glen ^b   Mullen, Kathy T ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Vision

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; STRIATE CORTEX; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AMBLYOPIA; EYE MOVEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 61449109226     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06650.x     Document Type: Article

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