The large-scale organization of "visual" streams emerges without visual experience

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1698-1709

  Striem Amit, Ella ^a   Dakwar, Ornella ^a   Reich, Lior ^a   Amedi, Amir ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

blindness; neuroimaging; plasticity; sight restoration; visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL EXPERIENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855660050     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr253     Document Type: Article

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