Immediate cortical reorganization after local anesthetic block of the thumb: Source localization of somatosensory evoked potentials in human subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 347, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-154

  Waberski, T D ^a   Gobbele R ^a   Kawohl, W ^a   Cordes, C ^a   Buchner, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials; Somatotopy; Source reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; THUMB; DRUG EFFECT; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULATION;

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; THUMB;

EID: 0042090213     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00650-5     Document Type: Article

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