Impact of vision loss on cellular processing in the visual cortex and its relation to multisensory processing and behavior KU Leuven
The loss of senses such as seeing and hearing is one of the major sources of disability and is associated with high economic costs. With an aging population, there is an acute need for low-cost and effective therapies to help patients cope with and to compensate for sensory losses, as well as for new devices that can restore function. Key to these developments is an understanding of the physiological changes that occur in the brain upon loss ...