The unusual case of a man who regained his sight after 40 years of blindness allows researchers to examine the neural and behavioral effects of losing visual experience on the establishment and maintenance of visual system function in humans.
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Gregory, R. Seeing after blindness. Nat Neurosci 6, 909–910 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0903-909
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