Callosal connections of primary visual cortex predict the spatial spreading of binocular rivalry across the visual hemifields

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue DECEMBER, 2011, Pages

  Genç, Erhan ^a,b   Bergmann, Johanna ^a,b   Tong, Frank ^a,c   Blake, Randolph ^c,d   Singer, Wolf ^a,b,e,f   Kohler, Axel ^a,b,g  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Brain Imaging Center Frankfurt   (Germany)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^f ERNST STRÜNGMANN INSTITUTE ESI FOR NEUROSCIENCE IN COOPERATION WITH MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Binocular rivalry; Corpus callosum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Interhemispheric integration; Primary visual cortex; Radial diffusivity; Traveling waves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STRIATE CORTEX; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRACTOGRAPHY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 84933678120     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00161     Document Type: Article

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