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Reduced activity in the extrastriate visual cortex of individuals with strabismic amblyopia. 1997

K Imamura, and H Richter, and H Fischer, and G Lennerstrand, and O Franzén, and A Rydberg, and J Andersson, and H Schneider, and H Onoe, and Y Watanabe, and B Långström
Subfemtomole Biorecognition Project, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Osaka, Japan. imamura@obi.or.jp

In order to examine the relationship between reduced visual acuity in human strabismic amblyopia and the cortical activation pattern, we studied, by use of positron emission tomography (PET) and the H2(15)O bolus technique, changes in the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) induced by monocular visual stimulation of 8 individuals with this disorder. Individual amblyopic thresholds for monocular detection of the checkerboard pattern were employed as stimuli for both eyes during PET scans. Statistical analysis of subtracted images showed significant increases in rCBF (P < 0.05) by the stimulation of the sound eye localized bilaterally to Brodmann's areas (BAs) 17-19. The cortical response evoked by the amblyopic eye was significantly reduced (P < 0.05) in the ipsilateral BAs 18, 19. These results suggest that the reduction in contrast sensitivity (pattern vision) in amblyopia is coupled with deactivation in identifiable regions of occipital visual areas, including ipsilateral BAs 18,19.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000550 Amblyopia A nonspecific term referring to impaired vision. Major subcategories include stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia and toxic amblyopia. Stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia is a developmental disorder of the visual cortex. A discrepancy between visual information received by the visual cortex from each eye results in abnormal cortical development. STRABISMUS and REFRACTIVE ERRORS may cause this condition. Toxic amblyopia is a disorder of the OPTIC NERVE which is associated with ALCOHOLISM, tobacco SMOKING, and other toxins and as an adverse effect of the use of some medications. Anisometropic Amblyopia,Lazy Eye,Amblyopia, Developmental,Amblyopia, Stimulus Deprivation-Induced,Amblyopia, Suppression,Stimulus Deprivation-Induced Amblyopia,Amblyopia, Anisometropic,Amblyopia, Stimulus Deprivation Induced,Amblyopias,Amblyopias, Anisometropic,Amblyopias, Developmental,Amblyopias, Stimulus Deprivation-Induced,Amblyopias, Suppression,Anisometropic Amblyopias,Deprivation-Induced Amblyopia, Stimulus,Deprivation-Induced Amblyopias, Stimulus,Developmental Amblyopia,Developmental Amblyopias,Eye, Lazy,Eyes, Lazy,Lazy Eyes,Stimulus Deprivation Induced Amblyopia,Stimulus Deprivation-Induced Amblyopias,Suppression Amblyopia,Suppression Amblyopias
D013285 Strabismus Misalignment of the visual axes of the eyes. In comitant strabismus the degree of ocular misalignment does not vary with the direction of gaze. In noncomitant strabismus the degree of misalignment varies depending on direction of gaze or which eye is fixating on the target. (Miller, Walsh & Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 4th ed, p641) Concomitant Strabismus,Dissociated Horizontal Deviation,Dissociated Vertical Deviation,Heterophoria,Heterotropias,Hypertropia,Non-Concomitant Strabismus,Nonconcomitant Strabismus,Phorias,Squint,Strabismus, Comitant,Strabismus, Noncomitant,Convergent Comitant Strabismus,Mechanical Strabismus,Comitant Strabismus,Comitant Strabismus, Convergent,Deviation, Dissociated Horizontal,Dissociated Horizontal Deviations,Dissociated Vertical Deviations,Heterophorias,Heterotropia,Horizontal Deviation, Dissociated,Hypertropias,Non Concomitant Strabismus,Noncomitant Strabismus,Phoria,Strabismus, Concomitant,Strabismus, Convergent Comitant,Strabismus, Mechanical,Strabismus, Non-Concomitant,Strabismus, Nonconcomitant
D014055 Tomography, Emission-Computed Tomography using radioactive emissions from injected RADIONUCLIDES and computer ALGORITHMS to reconstruct an image. CAT Scan, Radionuclide,CT Scan, Radionuclide,Computerized Emission Tomography,Radionuclide Tomography, Computed,Scintigraphy, Computed Tomographic,Tomography, Radionuclide-Computed,Computed Tomographic Scintigraphy,Emission-Computed Tomography,Radionuclide Computer-Assisted Tomography,Radionuclide Computerized Tomography,Radionuclide-Computed Tomography,Radionuclide-Emission Computed Tomography,Tomography, Computerized Emission,CAT Scans, Radionuclide,CT Scans, Radionuclide,Computed Radionuclide Tomography,Computed Tomography, Radionuclide-Emission,Computer-Assisted Tomographies, Radionuclide,Computer-Assisted Tomography, Radionuclide,Computerized Tomography, Radionuclide,Emission Computed Tomography,Emission Tomography, Computerized,Radionuclide CAT Scan,Radionuclide CAT Scans,Radionuclide CT Scan,Radionuclide CT Scans,Radionuclide Computed Tomography,Radionuclide Computer Assisted Tomography,Radionuclide Computer-Assisted Tomographies,Radionuclide Emission Computed Tomography,Scan, Radionuclide CAT,Scan, Radionuclide CT,Scans, Radionuclide CAT,Scans, Radionuclide CT,Tomographic Scintigraphy, Computed,Tomographies, Radionuclide Computer-Assisted,Tomography, Computed Radionuclide,Tomography, Emission Computed,Tomography, Radionuclide Computed,Tomography, Radionuclide Computer-Assisted,Tomography, Radionuclide Computerized,Tomography, Radionuclide-Emission Computed

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