Right Occipital Cortex Activation Correlates with Superior Odor Processing Performance in the Early Blind

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Renier, Laurent ^a   Cuevas, Isabel ^a,b   Grandin, Cécile B ^a,c   Dricot, Laurence ^a   Plaza, Paula ^a   Lerens, Elodie ^a   Rombaux, Philippe ^a,c   De Volder, Anne G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881497226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071907     Document Type: Article

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