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SUMMARY:Probing Visual System Organization after Injury with fMRI  - Dr St
 elios Smirnakis\, Baylor College of Medicine
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DESCRIPTION:Much remains to be understood about visual system malfunction 
 following injury. Resulting deficits range from dense visual field scotoma
 s to mild dysfunction of visual perception. Visual field perimetry is used
  to characterize the visual field deficits that result from visual system 
 injury. However\, standard perimetry mapping does not always correspond to
  underlying deficits in visual cortical function. Much patient-to-patient 
 variability remains regarding the residual function of the visual system a
 fter injury and the capacity of individual patients for visual rehabilitat
 ion.  Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can be used to probe th
 e function of surviving visual circuits\, allowing us to classify better t
 he pattern of injury. Identifying pathways that are potentially modifiable
  by training may eventually guide the development of improved strategies f
 or visual rehabilitation. 
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology\, Downing
  Site\, Cambridge
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