Cortical reorganization and phantom phenomena in congenital and traumatic upper-extremity amputees

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-212

  Flor, Herta ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^b   Mühlnickel, Werner ^a   Pantev, Christo ^c   Wienbruch, Christian ^c   Taub, Edward ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital aplasia; Cortical plasticity; Human; Neuromagnetic source imaging; Phantom limb pain; Traumatic amputation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARM MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; AMPUTEES; ARM; ARM INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN; PHANTOM LIMB; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0031885458     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050334     Document Type: Article

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