Patterns of cortical reorganization parallel impaired tactile discrimination and pain intensity in complex regional pain syndrome

NeuroImage

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 503-510

  Pleger, Burkhard ^a,b   Ragert, Patrick ^a,c   Schwenkreis, Peter ^a   Förster, Ann Freya ^a   Wilimzig, Claudia ^c   Dinse, Hubert ^c   Nicolas, Volkmar ^a   Maier, Christoph ^a   Tegenthoff, Martin ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome; Cortical reorganization; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Pain; Tactile perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX RATIO; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

EID: 33746633016     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.03.045     Document Type: Article

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