Cross-modal plasticity for sensory and motor activation patterns in blind subjects

NeuroImage

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 968-975

  Gizewski, E R ^a,b   Gasser, T ^a   De Greiff, A ^a   Boehm, A ^a   Forsting, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0042671189     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8119(03)00114-9     Document Type: Article

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