Use of sensory substitution devices as a model system for investigating cross-modal neuroplasticity in humans
Amy C.Nau
Matthew C.Murphy
Kevin C.Chan
摘要：Blindness provides an unparalleled opportunity to study plasticity of the nervous system in humans.Seminal work in this area examined the often dramatic modifications to the visual cortex that result when visual input is completely absent from birth or very early in life (Kupers and Ptito,2014).More recent studies explored what happens to the visual pathways in the context of acquired blindness.This is particularly relevant as the majority of diseases that cause vision loss occur in the elderly.Our lab and others have demonstrated compromised visual pathway integrity in those with peri-natal and acquired blindness (Schoth et al.,2006;Chan et al.,2012;Li et al.,2013;Lee et al.,2014;Dietrich et al.,2015;Ho et al.,2015;Reislev et al.,2015).
机标关键词：nervous systemvisual cortex
论文发表日期：2015-01-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：3( 1717-1719 )
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