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| Title |
Cortical Plasticity and Olfactory Function in Early Blindness
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, August 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnsys.2016.00075 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rodrigo Araneda, Laurent A. Renier, Philippe Rombaux, Isabel Cuevas, Anne G. De Volder |
| Abstract |
Over the last decade, functional brain imaging has provided insight to the maturation processes and has helped elucidate the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in brain plasticity in the absence of vision. In case of congenital blindness, drastic changes occur within the deafferented "visual" cortex that starts receiving and processing non visual inputs, including olfactory stimuli. This functional reorganization of the occipital cortex gives rise to compensatory perceptual and cognitive mechanisms that help blind persons achieve perceptual tasks, leading to superior olfactory abilities in these subjects. This view receives support from psychophysical testing, volumetric measurements and functional brain imaging studies in humans, which are presented here. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 38% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 13% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 88% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 46 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 9 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 13% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Unknown | 11 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 12 | 26% |
| Psychology | 8 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 11% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 2% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 15 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 June 2019.
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#8
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