Ophthalmological, cognitive, electrophysiological and MRI assessment of visual processing in preterm children without major neuromotor impairment

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 692-705

  O'Reilly, Michelle ^a   Vollmer, Brigitte ^a   Vargha Khadem, Faraneh ^a   Neville, Brian ^a   Connelly, Alan ^a   Wyatt, John ^b   Timms, Chris ^c   de Haan, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

BRAIN; CHILD; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955723754     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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