Transient deafferentation in humans induces rapid modulation of primary sensory cortex not associated with subcortical changes: A somatosensory evoked potential study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-24

  Tinazzi, M ^a   Zanette, G ^a   Polo, A ^a   Volpato, D ^a   Manganotti, P ^a   Bonato, C ^a   Testoni, R ^b   Fiaschi, A ^a  

^a Dipto Sci Neurologiche Della V   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic block; Brain plasticity; Deafferentation; Sensorimotor cortex; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENERVATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0031052702     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13382-1     Document Type: Article

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