R Kupers, M Ptito - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
For human and non-human primates, vision is one of the most privileged sensory channels used to interact with the environment. The importance of vision is strongly embedded in the …
O Collignon, P Voss, M Lassonde, F Lepore - Experimental brain research, 2009 - Springer
Until only a few decades ago, researchers still considered sensory cortices to be fixed or “hardwired,” with specific cortical regions solely dedicated to the processing of selective …
The cerebral cortex is organized into specialized sensory areas, whose initial territory is determined by intracortical molecular determinants. Yet, sensory cortical area size appears …
The neocortex of mammals is composed of cortical fields that have a unique organization associated with the animal's ecological niche and lifestyle. Each cortical field has a specific …
We investigated the key neurodevelopmental factors that determine cortical thickness, namely synaptogenesis and regression, by analyzing the thickness of the visual cortex in …
HJ Park, JD Lee, EY Kim, B Park, MK Oh, SC Lee… - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
To explore the morphological aspects of the functional reorganization of the blind's visual cortex, we analyzed the regional cortical thickness and cortical surface area in the …
SJ Chou, Z Babot, A Leingärtner, M Studer… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Studies of area patterning of the neocortex have focused on primary areas, concluding that the primary visual area, V1, is specified by transcription factors (TFs) expressed by …
L Krubitzer - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The neocortex is the part of the brain that is involved in perception, cognition, and volitional motor control. In mammals it is a highly dynamic structure that has been dramatically altered …
Blind individuals have to rely on nonvisual information to a greater extent than sighted to efficiently interact with the environment, and consequently exhibit superior skills in their …