| Publication year: 2010
Source: Neuropsychologia, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 September 2010
Barbara, Wolynski , Martin, Kanowski , Synke, Meltendorf , Wolfgang, Behrens-Baumann , Michael B., Hoffmann
Due to an abnormal projection of the temporal retina the albinotic primary visual cortex receives substantial input from the ipsilateral visual field. To test whether representation abnormalities are also evident in higher tier visual, and in motor and somatosensory cortices, brain activity was measured with fMRI in 14 subjects with albinism performing a visuo-motor task. During central fixation, a blue or red target embedded in a distractor array was presented for 250ms in the left or right visual hemifield. After a delay, the subjects were prompted to indicate with left or right thumb button presses the target presence in the... |
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