Visual experience is necessary for the development of multisensory integration

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 43, 2004, Pages 9580-9584

  Wallace, Mark T ^a   Perrault Jr , Thomas J ^a   Hairston, W David ^a   Stein, Barry E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross modal; Dark rearing; Multimodal; Plasticity; Subcortical; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; DARKNESS; SENSATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION;

EID: 7444232469     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2535-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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