Increased BOLD variability in the parietal cortex and enhanced parieto-occipital connectivity during tactile perception in congenitally blind individuals

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Leo, Andrea ^a   Bernardi, Giulio ^a   Handjaras, Giacomo ^a   Bonino, Daniela ^a   Ricciardi, Emiliano ^a,b   Pietrini, Pietro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; TOUCH;

EID: 84863743211     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: 16875443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/720278     Document Type: Article

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