Cortical Reorganization: Reallocated Responses without Rewiring

Antony B. Morland, Holly D.H. Brown, Heidi A. Baseler

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Abstract

Is the brain able to reorganise following loss of sensory input? New work on individuals with sight loss shows that, while brain areas normally allocated to vision respond to other sensory stimuli, those responses are unlikely to mean the brain has rewired.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)R76-R78
Number of pages3
JournalCurrent Biology
Volume31
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jan 2021
Externally publishedYes

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