Thumb-pointing in humans after damage to somatic sensory cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 92-100

  Aglioti, Salvatore ^a   Beltramello, Alberto ^b   Bonazzi, Andrea ^c   Corbetta, Maurizio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

^c Clinique Borgo Roma   (Italy)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deafferentation; Human; Somatosensory cortices; Spatial oriented movements

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; GESTURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THUMB; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0030010241     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00228630     Document Type: Article

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