Increased olfactory bulb volume and olfactory function in early blind subjects

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1069-1073

  Rombaux, Philippe ^a,d   Huart, Caroline ^a,d   De Volder, Anne G ^b   Cuevas, Isabel ^b   Renier, Laurent ^b   Duprez, Thierry ^c,d   Grandin, Cecile ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Unit of Neural Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory   (Belgium)

^c Unit of Medical Imaging   (Belgium)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

blind; early visual deprivation; olfactory bulb volume; olfactory function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OLFACTORY BULB; ORGAN SIZE; SMELL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349313299     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833fcb8a     Document Type: Article

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