Short-term cortical reorganization by deafferentation of the contralateral sensory cortex

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1199-1203

  Waberski, Till Dino ^a   Dieckhöfer, Anne ^a   Reminghorst, Ursula ^a   Buchner, Helmut ^b   Gobbelé, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Knappschaftskrankenhaus Recklinghausen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neuroplasticity; Receptive field; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Somatotopy; Source reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ATTENTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250895048     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282202c1f     Document Type: Article

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