Compensatory plasticity and cross-modal reorganization following early visual deprivation

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-52

  Kupers, Ron ^a,b   Ptito, Maurice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensatory plasticity; Occipital cortex; Qualia, Consciousness; Sensory processes; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84898902312     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.08.001     Document Type: Review

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