Rapid modulation of cortical proprioceptive activity induced by transient cutaneous deafferentation: Neurophysiological evidence of short-term plasticity across different somatosensory modalities in humans

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3053-3060

  Tinazzi, Michele ^a   Rosso, Tiziana ^a   Zanette, Giampietro ^a   Fiaschi, Antonio ^a   Aglioti, Salvatore M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute deafferentation; Cross submodal plasticity; Cutaneous deprivation; Nerve anaesthesia; Somatosensory cortex; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RADIAL NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINE; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANEUGENS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0346880124     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2003.03043.x     Document Type: Article

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