From cortical plasticity to unawareness of visual field defects

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 84-88

  Safran, Avinoam B ^a   Landis, Theodor ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Filling in; Retina; Troxler s phenomenon; Visual cortex; Visual field

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975479010     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-199906000-00002     Document Type: Article

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