Adaptive changes in early and late blind: A fMRI study of Braille reading

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 589-607

  Burton, H ^a   Snyder, A Z ^a   Conturo, T E ^b   Akbudak, E ^a   Ollinger, J M ^a   Raichle, M E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0036089903     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00285.2001     Document Type: Article

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