Abnormal motor cortex organization contralateral to early upper limb amputation in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-44

  Dettmers, C ^a   Liepert, J ^a   Adler, T ^b   Rzanny, R ^a   Rijntjes, M ^a   Van Schayck, R ^a   Kaiser, W ^a   Bruckner L ^b   Weiller, C ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Orthopädische Abteilung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amputation; Central sulcus; Cortical plasticity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Motor cortex; Neuroplasticity; Reorganization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 0033582963     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00105-6     Document Type: Article

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