Alterations in right posterior hippocampus in early blind individuals

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-333

  Chebat, Daniel Robert ^a   Chen, Jan Kai ^b   Schneider, Fabien ^a   Ptito, Alain ^b   Kupers, Ron ^c   Ptito, Maurice ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^d Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blindness; Hippocampus; Navigation; Spatial memory; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 34247638945     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32802b70f8     Document Type: Article

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