Effects of regional anesthesia on phantom limb pain are mirrored in changes in cortical reorganization

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 5503-5508

  Birbaumer, Niels ^a,b   Lutzenberger, Werner ^a   Montoya, Pedro ^a   Larbig, Wolfgang ^a   Unertl, Klaus ^a   Töpfner, Stephanie ^a   Grodd, Wolfgang ^a   Taub, Edward ^c   Flor, Herta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus anesthesia; Cortical reorganization; EEG; Human; Neuroelectric source imaging; Pain treatment; Phantom limb pain; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0030792552     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-14-05503.1997     Document Type: Article

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