Shrinkage of somatosensory hand area in subjects with upper extremity dysmelia revealed by magnetoencephalography

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 813-818

  Stoeckel, M Cornelia ^a,c   Pollok, Bettina ^a   Witte, Otto W ^b   Seitz, Rüdiger J ^a   Schnitzler, Alfons ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ARM; ARM MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYOPATHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UPPER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL;

EID: 12544256156     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00749.2004     Document Type: Article

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