Human V6: Functional Characterisation and Localisation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Cardin, Velia ^a,b   Sherrington, Rachael ^a   Hemsworth, Lara ^a   Smith, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGOMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBAL MOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOHERENT MOTION; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC FLOW; PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS; SELF MOTION; VISUAL AREA V3; VISUAL AREA V6; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868122487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047685     Document Type: Article

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