Distal-proximal somatotopy in the human hand somatosensory cortex: A reappraisal

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 467-472

  Hashimoto, Isao ^a,b   Saito, Yasuhiko ^c   Iguchi, Yoshinobu ^a   Kimura, Tomoaki ^d   Fukushima, Tatsuomi ^b   Terasaki, Ohmi ^a   Sakuma, Kenji ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c ASHIKAGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distal proximal somatotopy; Human; Index finger; Palm; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONKEY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032727888     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050915     Document Type: Article

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