Fingersomatotopy in area 3b: An fMRI-study

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  van Westen, Danielle ^a   Fransson, Peter ^b   Olsrud, Johan ^a   Rosén, Birgitta ^c   Lundborg, Göran ^c   Larsson, Elna Marie ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c University Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; THUMB; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THUMB;

EID: 12944305637     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-5-28     Document Type: Article

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