Evidence of multisensory plasticity: Asymmetrical medial geniculate body in people with one eye

Evidence of multisensory plasticity: Asymmetrical medial geniculate body in people with one eye

The medial geniculate body (MGB) plays a central role in auditory processing with both efferent and afferent tracts to primary auditory cortex. People who have lost one eye early in life have enhanced sound localization, lack visual over auditory dominance and integrate auditory and visual informati...

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Main Authors: Stefania S. Moro, Krista R. Kelly, Larissa McKetton, Brenda L. Gallie, Jennifer K.E. Steeves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:NeuroImage: Clinical
Subjects:
Monocular enucleation
Medial geniculate body
Audiovisual processing
Subcortical reorganization
Plasticity
Multisensory
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221315821500176X

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