Cortical reorganization after digit-to-hand replantation: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 876-883

  Wiech, Katja ^b   Preiszligl, Hubert ^b   Lutzenberger, Werner ^b   Kiefer, Ralph Thomas ^b   Topfner, Stephanie ^b   Haerle, Max ^b   Schaller, Hans Eberhard ^b   Birbaumer, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cortical reorganization; Magnetoencephalography; Nerve regeneration; Sensory recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FINGER; HAND; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; REIMPLANTATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 0034434018     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.93.5.0876     Document Type: Article

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