Anaesthesia of the axillary plexus induces rapid improvement of sensory function in the contralateral hand: An effect of interhemispheric plasticity

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 234-237

  Björkman, Anders ^a   Rosén, Birgitta ^a   Lundborg, Goran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Contralateral; Deafferentation; Hand function

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH; TOURNIQUET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TOUCH; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 24644505712     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0284431051006493     Document Type: Article

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