Decreased gray matter concentration in the lateral geniculate nuclei in human amblyopes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1432-1438

  Barnes, Gareth R ^a   Li, Xingfeng ^b   Thompson, Benjamin ^b   Singh, Krishna D ^c   Dumoulin, Serge O ^d   Hess, Robert F ^b  

^a WELLCOME TRUST CENTRE FOR NEUROIMAGING   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; AGED; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN MAPPING; GENICULATE BODY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRABISMUS;

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRABISMUS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949900802     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3931     Document Type: Article

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