The functional organization of the brain in chronic pain

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 129, Issue , 2000, Pages 313-322

  Flor, Herta ^a  

^a Ctrl Institute of Mental Health J5   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIMB PAIN; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034589373     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(00)29023-7     Document Type: Article

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