A thalamocortical pathway for fast rerouting of tactile information to occipital cortex in congenital blindness
In congenitally blind people, tactile stimuli can activate the occipital (visual) cortex. Here, the authors show using magnetoencephalography (MEG) that occipital activation can occur within 35 ms following tactile stimulation, suggesting the existence of a fast thalamocortical pathway for touch in...
Main Authors: | Franziska Müller, Guiomar Niso, Soheila Samiee, Maurice Ptito, Sylvain Baillet, Ron Kupers |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-11-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13173-7 |
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