Input-increase and input-decrease types of cortical reorganization after upper extremity amputation in humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 161-164

  Elbert, Thomas ^a   Sterr, Annette ^a   Flor, Herta ^b   Rockstroh, Brigitte ^a   Knecht, Stefan ^c   Pantev, Christo ^c   Wienbruch, Christian ^a   Taub, Edward ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Cortex; Magnetoencephalography; Plasticity; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0030865143     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050210     Document Type: Article

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