Objective To detecte the pathogenetic mechanism of cortical deficit in persons with strabismic amblyopia by blood oxygenation level dependent-functional magnetic resonance imaging(BOLD-fMRI)． Methods The data of BOLD-fMRI of occipital visual cortex in 11 persons with strabismic amblyopia and 8 healthy ones were collected by 1．5T MRI system．The results of binocular pixel exponent in strabismic amblyopia group was compared with that in the normal group and the result of and average activation of cortical neuron in strabismic amblyopia group was analyzed.Results The binocular pixel exponent was lower in the strabismic amblyopia group(14．13％±4．55％)than that in the normal group(47．82％±5．34％)(PConclusions The reduction of cortical binocular cells and the undersampling and coding of higher-spatial-frequency components of visual stimuli may be related to the strabismic amblyopia．BOLD-fMRI may provide a new path to detecte the pathoffenetic mechanism of cortical deficit in people with strabismic amblyopia. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis，2004，20：19-22)

Citation： LIU Hu,ZHAO Kanxin,CHEN Min. The pathogenetic mechanism of cortical deficit in people with strabismic amblyopia detected by functional MRI. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2004, 20(1): 19-22. doi: Copy