Visual callosal topography in the absence of retinal input

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_C2835D8FB936
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Visual callosal topography in the absence of retinal input
Périodique
Neuroimage
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Bock A.S., Saenz M., Tungaraza R., Boynton G.M., Bridge H., Fine I.
ISSN
1053-8119 (Print)
1095-9572 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1053-8119
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2013
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
81
Pages
325-334
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Article ; research-article Identifiant PubMed Central: PMC3742332
Résumé
Using probabilistic diffusion tractography, we examined the retinotopic organization of splenial callosal connections within early blind, anophthalmic, and control subjects. Early blind subjects experienced prenatal retinal "waves" of spontaneous activity similar to those of sighted subjects, and only lack postnatal visual experience. In anophthalmia, the eye is either absent or arrested at an early prenatal stage, depriving these subjects of both pre- and postnatal visual input. Therefore, comparing these two groups provides a way of separating the influence of pre- and postnatal retinal input on the organization of visual connections across hemispheres. We found that retinotopic mapping within the splenium was not measurably disrupted in early blind or anophthalmic subjects compared to visually normal controls. No significant differences in splenial volume were observed across groups. No significant differences in diffusivity were found between early blind subjects and sighted controls, though some differences in diffusivity were noted between anophthalmic subjects and controls. These results suggest that neither prenatal retinal activity nor postnatal visual experience plays a role in the large-scale topographic organization of visual callosal connections within the splenium.
Mots-clé
Anophthalmos/pathology, Blindness/pathology, Corpus Callosum/pathology, Retina/physiopathology, Visual Pathways/pathology
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Oui
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11/07/2016 11:04
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