The anatomical and functional organization of the human visual pulvinar

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 9848-9871

  Arcaro, Michael J ^a   Pinsk, Mark A ^a   Kastner, Sabine ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; DTI; fMRI; Pulvinar; Retinotopy; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REST; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PULVINAR; REST; SACCADES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936862859     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1575-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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