Plasticity of fixation in patients with central vision loss

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 487-494

  Tita Nistor, Luminita ^a   González, Esther G ^a,b,c   Mkowitz, Samuel N ^c   Steinbach, Mtin J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central vision loss; Fixation stability training; Plasticity of ocul motor system; PRL

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERIMETRY; PREFERRED RETINAL LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LEARNING; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; RETINA; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77951116874     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523809990265     Document Type: Article

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