Cortical plasticity and preserved function in early blindness

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-63

  Renier, Laurent ^a   De Volder, Anne G ^a   Rauschecker, Josef P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital blindness; Cortical reorganization; Cross modal plasticity; Functional neuroimaging; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLINDNESS; BRAIN CORTEX; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84898905282     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.01.025     Document Type: Review

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