Development of pattern vision following early and extended blindness

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2035-2039

  Kalia, Amy ^a   Lesmes, Luis Andres ^b,c   Dorr, Michael ^b   Gandhi, Tapan ^a,d   Chatterjee, Garga ^a   Ganesh, Suma ^e   Bex, Peter J ^b   Sinha, Pawan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Adaptive Sensory Technology   (United States)

^d DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^e DR SHROFF S CHARITY EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Childhood blindness; Sensitive periods; Sight restoration; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BRAIN PLASTICITY; CHILDHOOD BLINDNESS; SENSITIVE PERIODS; SIGHT RESTORATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84893495153     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1311041111     Document Type: Article

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