Phantom sensations generated by thalamic microstimulation

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6665, 1998, Pages 385-387

  Davis, Karen D ^a   Kiss, Zelma H T ^a   Luo, Lei ^b   Tasker, Ronald R ^a   Lozano, Andres M ^a   Dostrovsky, Jonathan O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PAIN; PHANTOM LIMB; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032556885     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/34905     Document Type: Article

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