Sensory Deprivation and Brain Plasticity

1 École d’Optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada H3T 1P1 2Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 3Danish Research Center for Magnetic Resonance, Hvidovre Hospital, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark 4Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada N6A5K8 5Centre for Brain and Mind, Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada N6A 5K8 6Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Pisa Medical School, 56126 Pisa, Italy