Crossmodal reorganization in the early deaf switches sensory, but not behavioral roles of auditory cortex

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 8856-8861

  Meredith, M Alex ^a   Kryklywy, James ^b   McMillan, Amee J ^b   Malhotra, Shveta ^b   Lum Tai, Ryan ^b   Lomber, Stephen G ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooling deactivation; Orienting behavior; Single unit electrophysiology; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR ECTOSYLVIAN SULCUS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CAT; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; CATS; HEARING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79957689154     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1018519108     Document Type: Article

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