Chapter 11 Cross-modal plasticity in the blind revealed by functional neuroimaging

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 59, Issue C, 2006, Pages 75-79

  Sadato, Norihiro ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; BRAIN CORTEX; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; READING; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; TOUCH;

BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; READING; TOUCH;

EID: 33748644424     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(09)70015-7     Document Type: Article

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