Could variations in technical skills acquisition in surgery be explained by differences in cortical plasticity?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 540-543

  Leff, Daniel R ^a,b   Leong, Julian J H ^a,b   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^b   Yang, Guang Zhong ^a   Darzi, Ara ^b  

^a Wolfson Foundation Medical Image Computing Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SURGERY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SURGERY;

EID: 41149163407     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31815fa42e     Document Type: Article

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