Early auditory processing in area V5/MT+ of the congenitally blind brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 18242-18246

  Watkins, Kate E ^a,b   Shakespeare, Timothy J ^a,d   O'Donoghue M Clare, M C ^a,b   Alexander, Iona ^a   Ragge, Nicola ^c   Cowey, Alan ^a   Bridge, Holly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; AUDITORY FREQUENCY; AUDITORY MOTION; AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; BOLD SIGNAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TONOTOPY; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANOPHTHALMOS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887347208     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2546-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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