Evidence for a rostral-to-caudal somatotopic organization in human primary somatosensory cortex with mirror-reversal in areas 3b and 1

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 987-993

  Blankenburg, Felix ^a   Ruben, Jan ^a   Meyer, Robert ^a   Schwiemann, Jessica ^a   Villringer, Arno ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

EID: 0042358820     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/13.9.987     Document Type: Article

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