Brief periods of monocular deprivation disrupt ocular balance in human adult visual cortex

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Lunghi, Claudia ^a,b   Burr, David C ^a,b,c,e   Morrone, Concetta ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BINOCULAR VISION; EYE DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADULT; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; HUMANS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 79960716042     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.06.004     Document Type: Letter

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