Cross-modal plasticity revealed by electrotactile stimulation of the tongue in the congenitally blind

Brain

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 606-614

  Ptito, Maurice ^a,b   Moesgaard, Solvej M ^a   Gjedde, Albert ^a   Kupers, Ron ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blind; Brain imaging; Cross modal plasticity; Sensory substitution; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAILLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SCINTISCANNING; TONGUE; TOUCH; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSORY AIDS; TONGUE; TOUCH; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 15044363688     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh380     Document Type: Article

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