Adaptive changes in visual cortex following prolonged contrast reduction

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Kwon, MiYoung ^a   Legge, Gordon E ^a   Fang, Fang ^b   Cheong, Allen M Y ^a   He, Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast adaptation; Contrast discrimination; Contrast gain; Contrast sensitivity; Fmri; Long term visual deprivation; Plasticity; Response gain; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 66749141708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.2.20     Document Type: Article

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