Reorganization of somatosensory cortex after nerve and spinal cord injury

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 143-149

  Jain, Neeraj ^a   Florence, Sherre L ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0343706072     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.3.143     Document Type: Article

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