Postoperative increase in grey matter volume in visual cortex after unilateral cataract surgery

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-65

  Lou, Astrid R ^a,b   Madsen, Kristoffer H ^b,c   Julian, Hanne O ^a   Toft, Peter B ^a   Kjaer, Troels W ^d   Paulson, Olaf B ^b,d   Prause, Jan U ^e   Siebner, Hartwig R ^b  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ageing; cataract surgery; plasticity; stereopsis; visual cortex; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GRAY MATTER VOLUME; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY VISUAL CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CATARACT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOPHAKIA; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84873058048     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02304.x     Document Type: Article

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