Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lewis LB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3007643 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lewis Lindsay B LB Saenz Melissa M Fine Ione I
Journal of neurophysiology 20100728 6
A variety of studies have demonstrated enhanced blood oxygenation level dependent responses to auditory and tactile stimuli within occipital cortex as a result of early blindness. However, little is known about the organizational principles that drive this cross-modal plasticity. We compared BOLD responses to a wide variety of auditory and tactile tasks (vs. rest) in early-blind and sighted subjects. As expected, cross-modal responses were larger in blind than in sighted subjects in occipital co ...[more]