BOLD Response Selective to Flow-Motion in Very Young Infants

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Biagi, Laura ^a   Crespi, Sofia Allegra ^b,c   Tosetti, Michela ^a   Morrone, Maria Concetta ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BLOOD OXYGENATED LEVEL DEPENDENT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR INSULA; RESTING STATE NETWORK; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; SUBCORTEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION;

EID: 84943190950     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002260     Document Type: Article

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