Neurochemical changes in the pericalcarine cortex in congenital blindness 1 due to bilateral anophthalmia
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Neurochemical changes in the pericalcarine cortex in congenital blindness 1 due to bilateral anophthalmia 2 Abbreviated title: Neurochemical changes in bilateral anophthalmia 3 4 Gaelle S L Coullon, Uzay Emir, Ione Fine, Kate E Watkins, Holly Bridge. 5 6 1 FMRIB Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, 7 John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford 8 2 Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle WA 9 3 Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford 10 11 Corresponding author: Dr Holly Bridge 12 FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, 13 John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU 14 Email: holly.bridge@ndcn.ox.ac.uk 15 16 17 Number of pages: 25 18 Number of figures: 6 19 Number of tables: 0 20 Number of words (Abstract): 188 21 Number of words (Introduction): 620 22 Number of words (Discussion): 1465 23 24 25 The authors declare no competing financial interests. 26 27 28 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (July 15, 2015). doi:10.1152/jn.00567.2015
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