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SUBMITTER: Henschke JU
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5871574 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brain structure & function 20171101 3
The nervous system integrates information from multiple senses. This multisensory integration already occurs in primary sensory cortices via direct thalamocortical and corticocortical connections across modalities. In humans, sensory loss from birth results in functional recruitment of the deprived cortical territory by the spared senses but the underlying circuit changes are not well known. Using tracer injections into primary auditory, somatosensory, and visual cortex within the first postnata ...[more]