Imaging reveals optic tract degeneration in Hemianopia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 382-388

  Bridge, Holly ^a   Jindahra, Panitha ^b,c   Barbur, John ^d   Plant, Gordon T ^b,c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; EYE DOMINANCE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC TRACT DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL THRESHOLD; WHITE MATTER; GENICULATE BODY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; GENICULATE BODIES; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79952272571     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5708     Document Type: Article

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