Kershman's sad reflections on the homunculus: A historical vignette

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 524-525

  Feinsod, Moshe ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 13244289777     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000150893.86066.29     Document Type: Article

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