Functional characteristics of auditory cortex in the blind

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-138

  Stevens, Alexander A ^a   Weaver, Kurt E ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Blind; fMRI; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549102818     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.07.041     Document Type: Article

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