Functional selectivity in sensory-deprived cortices

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2627-2630

  Dormal, Giulia ^a,b   Collignon, Olivier ^a,c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crossmodal reorganization; Early sensory deprivation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 79959354401     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00109.2011     Document Type: Article

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