Vision first? the development of primary visual cortical networks is more rapid than the development of primary motor networks in humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Gervan, Patricia ^a   Berencsi, Andrea ^a   Kovacs, Ilona ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053599514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025572     Document Type: Article

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