Evidence of midline retinal nasotemporal overlap in healthy humans: A model for foveal sparing in hemianopia?

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3007-3011

  Marzi, C A ^a   Mancini, F ^a   Sperandio, I ^a   Savazzi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemiretinal differences; Macular sparing; Poffenberger paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; NEUROANATOMY; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; RETINA; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70249091057     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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