Visual cortex activity in early and late blind people

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4005-4011

  Burton, H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; HUMANS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0038381392     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-10-04005.2003     Document Type: Short Survey

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