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Cross-Modal Multivariate Pattern Analysis
Published on: November 9, 2011
Pattern of neural divergence in adults with prelingual deafness: Based on structural brain analysis
Uttam Kumar1, Mrutyunjaya Mishra2
1Centre of Bio-Medical Research, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Campus, Lucknow, India.
Abstract:
Sensory input for hearing plays a significant role in the development of human brain. Absence of an early auditory input leads to the alteration of important neural regions, which in turn results in a complex process known as cross-modal neuroplasticity. Previous studies related to the structural brain alteration of adult deaf individuals have shown inconsistent results. To address this issue, we investigated the brain morphology in 50 prelingual adult deaf individuals and compared it with the same number of individuals with normal hearing, using structural magnetic resonance imaging and three inter-related but completely distinct analysis methods namely univariate approach (voxel based morphometry), multivariate approach (source based morphometry), and projection based cortical thickness. The findings from all these inter-related analyses suggest alterations in important neural regions such as bilateral superior temporal gyrus, bilateral inferior temporal, bilateral fusiform gyrus, and bilateral middle frontal. These findings also justify a strong ventral visual pathway in the deaf group. We suggest that these morphological alterations in important brain regions are due to the compensatory cross-modal reorganization.
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