Cortical plasticity in the face of congenitally altered input into V1

Cortex

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1362-1365

  Klemen, Jane ^a   Hoffmann, Michael B ^b   Chambers, Christopher D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBINISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; LETTER; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; OPTIC CHIASM; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 84867142519     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.03.012     Document Type: Letter

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