Purpura Giulia, Tinelli Francesca
Department of Developmental Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Viale del Tirreno 331, Calambrone, Pisa, Italy.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 May;36(5):911-917. doi: 10.1007/s00381-020-04554-1. Epub 2020 Mar 5.
Vision is an adaptive function and should be considered a prerequisite for neurodevelopment because it permits the organization and the comprehension of the sensory data collected by the visual system during daily life. For this reason, the influence of visual functions on neuromotor, cognitive, and emotional development has been investigated by several studies that have highlighted how visual functions can drive the organization and maturation of human behavior. Recent studies on animals and human models have indicated that visual functions mature gradually during post-natal life, and its development is closely linked to environment and experience.
The role of vision in early brain development and some of the neuroplasticity mechanisms that have been described in the presence of cerebral damage during childhood are analyzed in this review, according to a neurorehabilitation prospective.
视觉是一种适应性功能，应被视为神经发育的先决条件，因为它能使人们在日常生活中对视觉系统收集的感官数据进行组织和理解。因此，多项研究探讨了视觉功能对神经运动、认知和情感发育的影响，这些研究突出了视觉功能如何推动人类行为的组织和成熟。近期对动物和人类模型的研究表明，视觉功能在出生后逐渐成熟，其发育与环境和经验密切相关。
本综述从神经康复的角度分析了视觉在早期脑发育中的作用，以及在儿童期脑损伤情况下所描述的一些神经可塑性机制。
