Cross-modal transfer of information between the tactile and the visual representations in the human brain: A positron emission tomographic study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1072-1084

  Hadjikhani, Nouchine ^a,b   Roland, Per E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Claustrum; Cross modal transfer; Human; PET; Somatosensory system; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLAUSTRUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031935703     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-03-01072.1998     Document Type: Article

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