Abstract #5370

Investigating the spatial pattern of structural changes of the Optic Radiation in early blind individuals.

Lisa Novello¹, Chiara Maffei¹, Hicret Atilgan¹, Stefania Mattioni^1,2, Ceren Battal¹, Mohamed Rezk^1,2, Olivier Collignon^1,2, and Jorge Jovicich¹

¹CIMeC - Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Rovereto (TN), Italy, ²Institute of Psychology (IPSY) and of Neurosciences (IoNS), University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

The study of sensory deprived individuals shows the capability of the brain to massively reorganize. Previous studies show that the optic tract of early blind individuals undergoes structural changes, but little is known about their spatial distribution. We investigated the spatial profile of the structural changes occurring along tractography reconstruction from diffusion MRI data of the optic radiations in early blind individuals compared to age- and gender-matched healthy sighted controls.

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