Plasticity of the visual system after early brain damage

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 891-900

  Guzzetta, Andrea ^a,b   D'acunto, Giulia ^c   Rose, Stephen ^d   Tinelli, Francesca ^a   Boyd, Roslyn ^b   Cioni, Giovanni ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; BLINDNESS; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SCOTOMA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956475754     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03710.x     Document Type: Review

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