Progressive changes in cutaneous trigger zones for sensation referred to a phantom hand: A case report and review with implications for cortical reorganization

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-16

  Doetsch, Gernot S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical reorganization; Cutaneous trigger zones; Phantom limbs; Plasticity; Referred sensation; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENERVATION; FINGER; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; TIME;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FOREARM; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHANTOM LIMB; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN;

EID: 0030757148     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229771178     Document Type: Article

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