Brain functional connectivity network breakdown and restoration in blindness

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 542-551

  Bola, Michał ^a   Gall, Carolin ^a   Moewes, Christian ^a   Fedorov, Anton ^a   Hinrichs, Hermann ^a,b,c   Sabel, Bernhard A ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NERVE NET; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 84905815586     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000672     Document Type: Article

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