Reorganizational and perceptional changes after amputation

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1213-1219

  Knecht, S ^a   Henningsen, H ^a   Elbert, T ^b   Flor, H ^c   Hohling C ^a   Pantev, C ^a   Taub, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Pain; Plasticity; Reorganization; Somaesthetic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEAFFERENTATION; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; FACE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; TRUNK;

EID: 0029761244     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.4.1213     Document Type: Article

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