How does the visual cortex of the blind acquire auditory responsiveness?

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2011, Pages 1-2

  Wong, Michael ^a   Bhattacharjee, Arindam ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONNECTIVITY; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINDNESS; DYNAMIC CAUSAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MEDIAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STRIATE CORTEX;

EID: 84863004029     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00052     Document Type: Note

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