Reorganization of neural circuits in the blind on diffusion direction analysis

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1757-1760

  Park, Hae Jeong ^a   Jeong, Seok Oh ^c   Kim, Eung Yeop ^a   Kim, Joong Il ^a   Park, Haeil ^a   Oh, Maeng Keun ^a   Kim, Dae Jin ^a,b   Kim, Sei Young ^a   Lee, Sung Chul ^a   Lee, Jong Doo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blind; Cortical reorganization; Diffusion direction; Diffusion tensor imaging; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE NET; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 37349122468     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282f13e66     Document Type: Article

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