The effect of visual experience on the development of functional architecture in hMT+

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2933-2939

  Ricciardi, Emiliano ^a,b   Vanello, Nicola ^a,b   Sani, Lorenzo ^a   Gentili, Claudio ^a,b   Scilingo, Enzo Pasquale ^a   Landini, Luigi ^a,b   Guazzelli, Mario ^a   Bicchi, Antonio ^a   Haxby, James V ^c   Pietrini, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind subjects; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); hMT+; Optic flow; Supramodality; Tactile flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOUCH;

EID: 36248994677     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm018     Document Type: Article

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