Cortical Maps and White Matter Tracts following Long Period of Visual Deprivation and Retinal Image Restoration

• Published in: Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 65; no. 1; pp. 21 - 31
• Main Authors: Levin, Netta, Dumoulin, Serge O., Winawer, Jonathan, Dougherty, Robert F., Wandell, Brian A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 14.01.2010; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Blindness - physiopathology; Brain; Brain Mapping; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; HUMDISEASE; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical imaging; Middle Aged; Optics; Retina - cytology; Retina - physiology; Sensory Deprivation - physiology; SYSNEURO; Transplants & implants; Vision, Binocular - physiology; Visual Cortex - anatomy & histology; Visual Cortex - physiology; Visual Pathways - abnormalities; Visual Pathways - anatomy & histology; Visual Pathways - physiology; Visual Perception - physiology; SYSNEURO; HUMDISEASE

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