Abnormal functional connectivity between ipsilesional V5/MT+ and contralesional striate cortex (V1) in blindsight

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 645-650

  Silvanto, Juha ^a   Walsh, Vincent ^b   Cowey, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindsight; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Phosphenes; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOSPHENES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449168791     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1712-x     Document Type: Article

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