Cortical plasticity and preserved function in early blindness.

Renier, Laurent;De Volder, Anne;Rauschecker, Josef P
(2014) Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews — Vol. 41, p. 53-63 (2014)

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  • Renier, LaurentUCLouvain
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  • De Volder, AnneUCLouvain
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  • Rauschecker, Josef P
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Abstract
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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Renier, L., De Volder, A., & Rauschecker, J. P. (2014). Cortical plasticity and preserved function in early blindness. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 41, 53-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.01.025 (Original work published 2014)