Electrophysiological evidence for cross-modal plasticity in humans with early- and late-onset blindness

Psychophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-216

  Kujala, T ^a   Alho, K ^a   Huotilainen, M ^a   Ilmoniemi, R J ^b   Lehtokoski, A ^a   Leinonen, A ^a   Rinne, T ^a   Salonen, O ^b   Sinkkonen, J ^a   Standertskjold Nordenstam C G ^b   Naatanen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Auditory discrimination; Blindness; Brain plasticity; Event related potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030945286     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1997.tb02134.x     Document Type: Article

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