Carpal tunnel syndrome modifies sensory hand cortical somatotopy: A MEG study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-36

  Tecchio, Franca ^a,b,c   Padua, Luca ^b   Aprile, Irene ^b   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^c,d,e  

^a IFN CNR   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^c FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^e IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aberrant reorganizations; Adaptive reorganizations; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Cerebral plasticity; Somatosensory evoked fields

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036724763     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.10049     Document Type: Article

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