An investigation of cross-modal plasticity of effective connectivity in the blind by dynamic causal modeling of functional MRI data

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-186

  Fujii, Takeshi ^a,b   Tanabe, Hiroki C ^a,b   Kochiyama, Takanori ^c   Sadato, Norihiro ^a,b,d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International Brain Activity Imaging Center   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blind; Braille; Dynamic causal modeling; fMRI; Plasticity; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 68949163050     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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