The brain as a flexible task machine: Implications for visual rehabilitation using noninvasive vs. invasive approaches

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-95

  Reich, Lior ^a   Maidenbaum, Shachar ^a   Amedi, Amir ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

blindness; brain organization; multisensory integration; sensory substitution; vision

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HUMAN; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

BLINDNESS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SENSATION; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84855661281     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32834ed723     Document Type: Review

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