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Developmental Plasticity in the Nonhuman Primate Visual Cortex [ 2011 - 2013 ]

Also known as: Visual Brain Injury: Lessons From Development

Funded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Managed by Monash University
Provided by   National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Grant

[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1002051]

Researchers: A/Pr James Bourne (Principal investigator) ,  Dr Samuel Solomon

Brief description A phenomenon that has puzzled many for a number of years is why damage to the visual brain during infancy has far less of an impact on visual capacity than the same lesion suffered later in life. This project hopes to uncover this mystery and see how brain 'wiring' is altered to compensate.

Funding Amount $AUD 464,417.54

Funding Scheme NHMRC Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant

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Central Nervous System | Medical and Health Sciences | Neurosciences | brain lesion | brain pathways | cortical plasticity | cortical reorganisation | extrastriate | primate | traumatic brain injury (TBI) | vision loss | visual cortex | visual impairment |
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