Wayfinding in the blind: Larger hippocampal volume and supranormal spatial navigation

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2995-3005

  Fortin, Madeleine ^a   Voss, Patrice ^a   Lord, Catherine ^b   Lassonde, Maryse ^a,c   Pruessner, Jens ^b   Saint Amour, Dave ^a,c,d   Rainville, Constant ^e,f   Lepore, Franco ^a,c,e  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^f CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION OF GREATER MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blindness; Hippocampus; Maze tasks; Plasticity; Volumetric MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55749100668     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn250     Document Type: Article

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