Tactile functions after cerebral hemispherectomy

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 332-339

  Backlund, H ^a,d   Morin, C ^b   Ptito, A ^c   Bushnell, M C ^b,c   Olausson, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Direction discrimination; Monofilament detection; Plasticity; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PARESIS; SENSIBILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13544271829     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2004.06.021     Document Type: Article

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