Nerve injury and repair - A challenge to the plastic brain

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 209-226

  Lundborg, Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Nerve regeneration; Nerve repair; Receptive fields; Sensory re education

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARM; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; DEAFFERENTATION; FRICTION; HAND; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE TRANSECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOUND; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNAPSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DENERVATION; INJURY; ISCHEMIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REHABILITATION; SENSORY NERVE; WOUND HEALING;

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENERVATION; HAND; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REHABILITATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0347984996     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1085-9489.2003.03027.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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