Functional connectivity between somatosensory and visual cortex in early blind humans

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1923-1927

  Wittenberg, George F ^a,c   Werhahn, Konrad J ^a,d   Wassermann, Eric M ^a   Herscovitch, Peter ^b   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical period; PET; Somatosensory cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ONSET AGE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGE OF ONSET; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 8144220337     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03630.x     Document Type: Article

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