Cross-modal reorganization of human cortical functions

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 115-120

  Kujala, Teija ^a   Alho, Kimmo ^a,b   Näätänen, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOUND;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; DEAFNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PITCH PERCEPTION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0034160030     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(99)01504-0     Document Type: Review

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