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Cortical plasticity and preserved function in early blindness

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Renier, Laurent, De Volder, Anne G., Rauschecker, Josef P.·2014·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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The "neural Darwinism" theory predicts that when one sensory modality is lacking, as in congenital blindness, the target structures are taken over by the afferent inputs from other senses that will promote and control their functional maturation (Edelman, 1993). This view receives support from both cross-modal plasticity experiments in animal models and functional imaging studies in man, which are presented here.

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Authors
Renier, L., De Volder, A. G., & Rauschecker, J. P.
Affiliations
  • UCLouvain (BE)
  • Georgetown University (US)
Corresponding author
Renier, Laurent
Venue
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-04
Volume
41
Pages
53-63
ISSN
0149-7634 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2061716458
Cited by
144
References
164
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Libraries (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • the National Science Foundation of the USA (PIRE-OISE-0730255)
  • the National Institutes of Health (R01EY018923-01)
  • Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique Médicale (3.4502.08)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Keywords
cortical plasticity, early blindness, congenital blindness, cross-modal plasticity, neural Darwinism, sensory deprivation, functional maturation, visual cortex
MeSH terms
Animals, Blindness, Cerebral Cortex, Humans, Neuronal Plasticity, Perception

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