Interaction of finger representation in the human first somatosensory cortex: A neuromagnetic study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-16

  Biermann, Katja ^a   Schmitz, Frank ^a   Witte, Otto W ^a   Konczak, Jürgen ^b   Freund, Hans Joachim ^a   Schnitzler, Alfons ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Sect Cybernetical Psychol and P   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical interaction; Finger representation; Magnetoencephalography; Somatosensory cortex; Source modelling; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIPOLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THUMB; TOUCH;

EID: 0032540863     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00480-7     Document Type: Article

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