Plasticity of the dorsal "spatial" stream in visually deprived individuals

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dormal, Giulia ^a,b   Lepore, Franco ^a   Collignon, Olivier ^a,c,d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MOTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84866110754     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: 16875443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/687659     Document Type: Review

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