Increased regional homogeneity of blood oxygen level-dependent signals in occipital cortex of early blind individuals

NeuroReport

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 190-194

  Liu, Chong ^a   Liu, Yong ^b   Li, Weilan ^a   Wang, Dawei ^a   Jiang, Tianzi ^b   Zhang, Yunting ^a   Yu, Chunshui ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

cortical development; early blind individuals; functional magnetic resonance imaging; plasticity; regional homogeneity; resting state

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OXYGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951896659     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283447c09     Document Type: Article

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