Topic: Cross-modal recruitment

Cross-modal recruitment of visual cortical areas by auditory and somatosensory stimulation have often been reported in early blind humans. However, lower resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) between visual and somatosensory and auditory cortical areas and weaker interhemispheric rsFC have been reported in blind humans. Moreover, rsFC is more variable in blind individuals than in sighted controls. Cross-modal recruitment of visual cortical areas has also been shown in mice. Cross-modal activation involves modifications of the excitatory/inhibitory balance, rather than establishing new c