Functional mapping of the magnocellular and parvocellular subdivisions of human LGN

NeuroImage

Volumn 102, Issue P2, 2014, Pages 358-369

  Denison, Rachel N ^a   Vu, An T ^c   Yacoub, Essa ^c   Feinberg, David A ^a,d   Silver, Michael A ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Advanced MRI Technologies   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

7T; FMRI; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Magnocellular; Parallel processing; Parvocellular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PARVOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CELL FUNCTION; GIANT CELL; LUMINANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARVOCELLULAR CELL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GENICULATE BODY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84906335846     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

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