Morphometric analyses of the visual pathways in macular degeneration [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction. Macular degeneration (MD) causes central visual field loss. When field defects occur in both eyes and overlap, parts of the visual pathways are no longer stimulated. Previous reports have shown that this affects the grey matter of the primary visual cortex, but possible effects on the preceding visual pathway structures have not been ...
Baseler, Heidi A. +8 more
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High-level visual prediction errors in early visual cortex. [PDF]
PLoS BiologyPerception is shaped by both incoming sensory input and expectations derived from our prior knowledge. Numerous studies have shown stronger neural activity for surprising inputs, suggestive of predictive processing.
David Richter +2 more
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Hierarchical Features of Large-Scale Cortical Connectivity [PDF]
European Physical Journal B, v. 48, n. 4, p. 567-573, 2005, 2005 The analysis of complex networks has revealed patterns of organization in a variety of natural and artificial systems, including neuronal networks of the brain at multiple scales. In this paper, we describe a novel analysis of the large-scale connectivity between regions of the mammalian cerebral cortex, utilizing a set of hierarchical measurements ...
Costa, Luciano da F., Sporns, Olaf
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Enhanced auditory responses in visual cortex of blind rats using intrinsic optical signal imaging [PDF]
Scientific ReportsFunctional maturation of the visual cortex is induced by visual experiences during critical periods. Blind animals and humans exhibit improved auditory abilities after losing their vision.
Shu Maruoka +11 more
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Competing neural responses for auditory and visual decisions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2007 Why is it hard to divide attention between dissimilar activities, such as reading and listening to a conversation? We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study interference between simple auditory and visual decisions, independently of ...
Grit Hein +3 more
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Differential roles of auditory and visual cortex for sensory detection in mice
Comptes Rendus Biologies, 2022 Sensory cortex encompasses the regions of the cerebral cortex that receive primary sensory inputs and is crucial for conscious sensory perception in humans. Yet, some forms of perception are possible without sensory cortex.
Ceballo, Sebastian +3 more
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Altered Vision-Related Resting-State Activity in Pituitary Adenoma Patients with Visual Damage. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 To investigate changes of vision-related resting-state activity in pituitary adenoma (PA) patients with visual damage through comparison to healthy controls (HCs).25 PA patients with visual damage and 25 age- and sex-matched corrected-to-normal-vision ...
Haiyan Qian +4 more
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Connectivity changes underlying neurofeedback training of visual cortex activity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Neurofeedback based on real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a new approach that allows training of voluntary control over regionally specific brain activity.
Frank Scharnowski +6 more
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Research progress of visual perception training on postoperative reconstruction of binocular vision in patients with intermittent exotropia [PDF]
Guoji Yanke Zazhi, 2023 Intermittent exotropia(IXT)is a common ophthalmic disease with high incidence, variable deviation, and varying degrees of impaired binocular visual function. The defect of binocular visual function is related to the changes of visual cortex. IXT involves
Yan-Li Ding +4 more
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Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) mediates the effects of enriched environment (EE) on visual cortical development. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2007 Enriched environment (EE) has been recently shown to affect visual cortex development and plasticity, and to prevent dark rearing effects. The factors mediating EE effects on visual cortical development and plasticity are still unclear.
Francesca Ciucci +5 more
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