Numerous studies have explored brain structural abnormalities in blind people. However, most of them were based on volumetric measures, using voxel-based morphology, or in a specific region of interest, which may conceal fine anatomic details in other features. This study investigated alterations in cortical morphologies (thickness, volume and surface area) in early-blind adolescents (EBAs) using a surface-based morphometric method. Our results showed that there was disuse atrophy, compensatory and experience-related neural plasticity in the cerebral cortex of EBAs due to the visual deprivation.
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