New concepts concerning the neural mechanisms of amblyopia and their clinical implications

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 399-409

  Wong, Agnes M F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; FLUOXETINE; VALPROIC ACID;

AMBLYOPIA; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; LEARNING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MONOCULAR VISION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SEIZURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

EID: 84869239405     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2012.05.002     Document Type: Review

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