Abstract

This protocol is designed to obtain information about the role of sensory deprivation in transmodal neural plasticity. Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) and functional brain magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) will be used to study peripherally blind subjects, sighted subject visually deprived for one week, and non-visually deprived sighted subjects as they learn tactile Braille character recognition. The results will enhance our understanding about the capabilities of the adult human brain to reorganize and provide important information for the design of strategies to optimize adjustment to loss of sight in particular, and recovery of function following neural injury in general.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
Project #
2M01RR001032-25
Application #
6407104
Study Section
National Center for Research Resources Initial Review Group (RIRG)
Project Start
1977-12-01
Project End
2004-11-30
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
25
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Department
Type
DUNS #
076593722
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02215

  Publications

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Kline, Emily R; Seidman, Larry J; Cornblatt, Barbara A et al. (2018) Depression and clinical high-risk states: Baseline presentation of depressed vs. non-depressed participants in the NAPLS-2 cohort. Schizophr Res 192:357-363
Simpson, Norah S; Scott-Sutherland, Jennifer; Gautam, Shiva et al. (2018) Chronic exposure to insufficient sleep alters processes of pain habituation and sensitization. Pain 159:33-40
Dai, Weiying; Duan, Wenna; Alfaro, Freddy J et al. (2017) The resting perfusion pattern associates with functional decline in type 2 diabetes. Neurobiol Aging 60:192-202
Brosnahan, Godela M; Abebe, Kaleab Z; Rahbari-Oskoui, Frederic F et al. (2017) Effect of Statin Therapy on the Progression of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. A Secondary Analysis of the HALT PKD Trials. Curr Hypertens Rev 13:109-120
Torres, Vicente E; Abebe, Kaleab Z; Schrier, Robert W et al. (2017) Dietary salt restriction is beneficial to the management of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Kidney Int 91:493-500
Irazabal, María V; Abebe, Kaleab Z; Bae, Kyongtae Ty et al. (2017) Prognostic enrichment design in clinical trials for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: the HALT-PKD clinical trial. Nephrol Dial Transplant 32:1857-1865
Seidman, Larry J; Shapiro, Daniel I; Stone, William S et al. (2016) Association of Neurocognition With Transition to Psychosis: Baseline Functioning in the Second Phase of the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study. JAMA Psychiatry 73:1239-1248
Thermenos, Heidi W; Juelich, Richard J; DiChiara, Samantha R et al. (2016) Hyperactivity of caudate, parahippocampal, and prefrontal regions during working memory in never-medicated persons at clinical high-risk for psychosis. Schizophr Res 173:1-12

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