Cortical activity to vibrotactile stimulation: An fMRI study in blind and sighted individuals

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 210-228

  Burton, Harold ^a   Sinclair, Robert J ^a   McLaren, Donald G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Human; Magnetic resonance imaging; Visual cortex *physiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SUBICULUM; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 9244239229     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20064     Document Type: Article

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