Dissociation of phantom limb phenomena from stump tactile spatial acuity and sensory thresholds

Brain

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 308-320

  Hunter, Judith P ^a,b,c,d   Katz, Joel ^b,c,e,f   Davis, Karen D ^a,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d St John's Rehabilitation Hospital   (Canada)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^g TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amputation; Perception; Plasticity; Psychophysics; QST

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; DISSOCIATIVE FUGUE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13544257147     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh350     Document Type: Article

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